Gyeonggi Animal Hygiene Testing Center, Emergency Supply of 30 Tons of Eco-Friendly Foot-and-Mouth Disease Disinfectant

Gyeonggi-do Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory

Gyeonggi Province will urgently supply 30 tons of eco-friendly disinfectant to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory announced that starting from the 17th, it will produce and urgently supply 30 tons of its self-developed "eco-friendly disinfectant LactoSafe" to prevent the spread and transmission of the foot-and-mouth disease virus.

Earlier this year, the Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory supplied 24 tons of LactoSafe to 610 ruminant (cattle and pig) farms in 16 cities and counties. This urgent supply is a response to the recent consecutive outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease at a Hanwoo farm located in Cheongju, Chungbuk.

LactoSafe is a safe disinfectant made by mixing lactic acid bacteria and citric acid.

It utilizes the characteristic of the foot-and-mouth disease virus being weak against acidic conditions. It is an eco-friendly and safe product, and the live bacteria effect of lactic acid bacteria can enhance the immunity of livestock. When diluted 20 to 100 times with water, it can disinfect inside livestock barns, water troughs, feed, and even in the presence of livestock, which is difficult to achieve with general disinfectants.

Gyeonggi Province will focus the supply of the produced LactoSafe on ruminant (cattle and pig) farms in four cities and counties adjacent to Chungbuk, including Anseong, Pyeongtaek, Yeoju, and Icheon.

Lee Gyu-hyun, director of the provincial Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory, stated, "Along with thorough quarantine measures such as vaccination and access control, we will promptly produce and supply LactoSafe disinfectant to block the inflow of foot-and-mouth disease."

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