Method for treating the hooves of mammals especially cattle
AssigneeHenkel-Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHG
InventorsSiegfried Bragulla, Gilbert Bardoneschi, Alain Collin, Hubert De Roquefeuille
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Abstract
A method is provided for treating the foot or hooves of animals used for breeding that are kept in sheds, especially cattle and particularly dairy cattle. The method is characterized in that in a first phase, the feet or hooves of the animals are cleaned with water or a detergent containing soap or tensides, using an automatic spray system in order to remove all traces of excrement, especially manure or other dirt, for example straw, and then in a second phase, the previously cleaned feet or hooves are treated with a disinfectant by wetting or spraying.
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A method for treating hooves of animals, the method comprising steps of:
- (a) cleaning the animal hooves by applying a cleaning product using an automatic spray system to provide cleaned animal hooves, the cleaning product comprises at least one of:
- (i) water;
- (ii) aqueous soap;
- and
- (iii) aqueous surfactant;
- and
- (b) treating the cleaned animal hooves with a disinfectant comprising 10 mg/l to 10,000 mg/l aldehyde obtained from at least one of formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, glyoxal, and mixtures thereof, wherein the step of treating comprises of at least one of:
- (i) immersion of the cleaned animal hooves in the disinfectant;
- and
- (ii) spraying the cleaned animal hooves with the disinfectant.
A method for treating hooves of animals, the method comprising steps of:
- (a) cleaning the animal hooves by applying a cleaning product using an automatic spray system to provide cleaned animal hooves, the cleaning product comprises at least one of:
- (i) water;
- and
- (ii) aqueous soap;
- and
- (iii) aqueous surfactant;
- and
- (b) treating the cleaned animal hooves with a disinfectant comprising 100 mg/l to 10,000 mg/l percarboxylic acid obtained from at least one of peracetic acid, persuccinic acid, perlactic acid, perglutaric acid, peradipic acid, perproprionic acid, performic acid, and mixtures thereof, wherein the step of treating comprises of at least one of:
- (i) immersion of the cleaned animal hooves in the disinfectant;
- and
- (ii) spraying the cleaned animal hooves with the disinfectant.
A method for treating hooves of animals, the method comprising steps of:
- (a) cleaning the animal hooves by applying a cleaning product using an automatic spray system to provide cleaned animal hooves, the cleaning product comprises at least one of:
- (i) water;
- and
- (ii) aqueous soap;
- and
- (iii) aqueous surfactant;
- and
- (b) treating the cleaned animal hooves with a disinfectant comprising 100 mg/l to 100,000 mg/l hydrogen peroxide:
- (i) immersion of the cleaned animal hooves in the disinfectant;
- and
- (ii) spraying the cleaned animal hooves with the disinfectant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.