Is *Biodine* as good as a coop disinfectant as Oxine?

[PoultryPedia]

I haven't been able to find Oxine locally to use as a sanitizer for my friends' coops. She is battling Infectious Coryza in her chickens and I'm trying to help.

I have found something called Biodine. I think it is what vets use to wash their arms when treating livestock, etc.

Description at http://www.domvet.com/biodine.html says:
"Biodine is a 1.75% iodine complex indicated for use as a detergent , sanitizer, and disinfectant for poultry farms."

Anyone have experience with Biodine and know if it will kill the bacteria that causes Coryza, CRD and related illnesses?

 

[rcentner]

It's an iodine dilution of sorts, look and see if you can find the package insert and that should tell you what it is effective at killing. Or I would extrapolate from what I could learn about iodine and it's efficacy on such things.
I bet it would work just fine though. no experience with that myself though, I bought the oxine which was way too expensive to ship.

 

[PoultryPedia]

I have learned a LOT about Oxine in the 10 years since creating this post!!
(Useful note: Oxine and Oxine AH are the same product.)
Yes, it is an excellent disinfectant for use with chickens! I have put together a whole page of info on Oxine chlorine dioxide disinfectant on my website, as well as an interactive calculator, at www.poultrypedia.com/chlorine-dioxide-for-respiratory-sickness.
Although you do have to mail-order it, even after factoring in shipping and also buying citric acid "activator", it only costs less than $1.50 per gallon after dilution when used at high strength 500 ppm "activated" mixture
You can also use it at 75 or higher ppm concentration as a super-inexpensive hand sanitizer spray. See CoronavirusAirMist.com for info on that.