Efficacy and Stability of Ceramic Powder to Inactivate Avian Influenza Virus

This experiment aims to demonstrate the efficacy of ceramic powder derived from various sources to inactivate avian influenza virus and its possibility to use in the environment. The ceramics used in the present experiment were derived from chicken feces (CF), scallop shell (SS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and soybean (SB). All ceramics were mixed with low pathogenic AIV (LPAIV) H7N1, and then kept at room temperature. The recovered virus was titrated onto Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. All ceramics were assessed the inactivation stability in the environment by keeping under sunlight and under wet-dry condition until reached 7 week or 7 resuspension times respectively. The results indicate that all ceramics have excellent efficacy to inactivate LPAIV. This efficacy can be maintained under the simulated condition. The ceramics are expected to be the good materials for application in the biosecurity system at farms.

• Chanathip Thammakarn
• Misato Tsujimura
• Keisuke Satoh
• Tomomi Hasegawa
• Miho Tamura
• Akinobu Kawamura
• Yuki Ishida
• Atsushi Suguro
• Hakimullah Hakim
• Sakchai Ruenphet
• Kazuaki Takehara

• Avian Influenza
• Ceramics
• Efficacy
• Stability.

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