Virucidal effect of some disinfectants on baculoviral mid-gut gland necrosis (BMN) virus

Abstract

Virucidal effect of some disinfectants on baculoviral mid-gut gland necrosis (BMN) virus prepared from frozen naturally infected post-larvae was examined by infectivity experiments using larval and postlarval kuruma shrimp, Penaeus japonicus. BMN virus was inactivated by contact for 10 minutes at 25° with 5 ppm as active principle-concentration of chlorine, 25 ppm as active principle concentration of iodine, 100 ppm of bezalkonium chloride, 100 ppm of benzethonium chloride, 0.5% of formalin and 30% of ethanol. © 1989, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology. All rights reserved.