Milk Quality

CONTROLLING MASTITIS

Mastitis, or inflammation of the mammary gland, is widely considered the single-most profit robbing disease in the U.S. dairy industry. It is critical for preventative measures to be as effective as possible. When used as a pre / post milking teat dip, foam, scrub, or spray, EfferCept controls a broad spectrum of mastitis-causing organisms.

List of mastitis-causing organisms: 

A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHLORINE

EfferCept stands apart from other teat dip products like iodine by maintaining the active ingredient of EfferCept is sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC), in effervescent tablet form for simplified preparation. While the active ingredient in EfferCept is a member of the chlorine family, it differs from other chlorine-based treatments that operate at a pH favoring the prevalence of the OCl¯ ion. The product is pH-buffered—formulated specifically to prevent major shifts in pH—so that it exhibits a near-neutral pH of 6.3–6.7 regardless of the concentration level. With a pH comparable to water, EfferCept is set apart from bleach and other chlorine products in its odorless smell and absence of corrosive properties, maintaining the integrity of any equipment or bedding it encounters as it sanitizes.

DISTINCT MOLECULAR PERFORMANCE

Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) provides exceptional killing power with virtually no irritation. The HOCl molecule is key to the product’s demonstrated performance against a wide range of harmful organisms. This molecule bears no positive or negative charge and, unlike the negatively charged OCl¯ ions produced by chlorous acid/chlorine dioxide treatments or OI¯ ions produced by iodine treatments, it is not repelled by the negatively charged bacterial cell wall. It penetrates the cell wall to deactivate the cell’s primary energy-producing source, resulting in rapid cell death.

The molecule easily penetrates microorganisms but does not easily penetrate animal and human skin cells. The HOCl contained in the product formulation reacts with soil and fat substances, converting them to soluble salts that rinse away.

WHY A NEUTRAL pH IS IMPORTANT

1. The prepared solution is non-caustic with minimal irritation to skin and animal tissue.

2. This neutral pH is created by a high concentration (95%) of hypochlorous acid, HOCl, and a minimum concentration (5%) of the hypochlorite ion, OCl¯. Both HOCl and OCl¯ are relatively strong disinfectants. However, HOCl, as in EfferCept, offers several efficacy advantages:
• Increased control of mastitis-causing organisms
• Continued performance in the presence of organic matter
• Fast kill

BROAD KILLING POWER

In a university study the active ingredient in EfferCept, at half the concentration of Clorox® bleach, demonstrated greater germicidal activity than bleach or 1% Iodine.1

FAST AND POWERFUL