System and method for the delivery of a sanitizing foam

A method for treating an animal comprising the steps of:

• applying a preparation to the animal, which preparation includes an aqueous solution including:
• at least one of a sanitizing agent and a disinfecting agent;
• a skin conditioner;
• and
• a diffusible gas, wherein said diffusible gas is at least partially dissolvable in the aqueous solution, wherein the diffusible gas includes a water soluble component and a component that solvates the skin conditioner;
• allowing the animal to warm the aqueous solution;
• and
• whereby the diffusible gas is liberated from the aqueous solution to generate a foam as the animal warms the aqueous solution.

A method for using a preparation to treat an animal comprising the steps of:

• applying a preparation that can delivered as a foam having fat stabilized bubbles to treat an animal comprising:
• an aqueous solution having at least a sanitizing agent including iodine;
• a conditioner including one or more selected from the group consisting of fats, oils, fatty acids, and triglycerides;
• and
• a diffusible gas, wherein the gas is partially dissolvable in the aqueous solution;
• wherein the diffusible gas includes a water soluble component and a component that solvates the conditioner, and wherein the diffusible gas includes nitrous oxide;
• allowing the animal to warm the preparation;
• and
• whereby the diffusible gas is liberated from the aqueous solution to generate foam as the animal warms the aqueous solution.

A method for making a preparation for treating an animal comprising:

• delivering an aqueous solution having at least one of a sanitizing agent and a disinfecting agent, and having a skin conditioner;
• and
• delivering a diffusible gas, wherein said diffusible gas has the characteristic that the diffusible gas is at least partially dissolvable in the aqueous solution;
• and
• wherein said diffusible gas is at least one of:
• carbon dioxide;
• nitrous oxide;
• a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide.