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<TD vAlign=top>Hello all,<BR><BR>What soaps or disinfectants can be used
with AD? I am looking for something to use to disinfect my hog
pens without killing the bacteria in my digester. I am in the
Philippines.<BR><BR>Thanks in advance.<BR><BR>Matt Lorig<BR><A
href="mailto:mattlorig@yahoo.com">mattlorig@yahoo.com</A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Matt,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Notwithstanding the earlier post about a chorine
accident causing a huge problem, if you can clean the surfaces of all soil
(manure, dirt, grease etc), chlorine solutions should be pretty safe since the
chlorine is rapidly inactivated once it contacts soils. It's effective
on clean surfaces, but posesses very little residual activity.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Other disinfectants like cresols, phenols
etc that are more effective on not so clean surfaces will retain some activity
on into the digester and may have some detrimental effect.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Might be safer to divert the runoff from the
disinfecting process away from the digester if at all possible, but the effect
of dilution in the overwhelming amount of soil in the digester feed may
bind enough of the active compounds to prevent a huge response.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jim</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>James R Rankin, DVM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cedarcrest Farms, Inc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Faunsdale, Alabama USA </FONT></DIV>
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