Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride

The use of water with adequate physical, chemical and microbiological quality is of fundamental importance for the sound performance of a herdflock. Water being the most important nutrient for life, the quality preservation of water is the primary element for a healthy herd. Contamination of water supplies is increasing gradually as a result of rural and urban activities
Use of water with no microbiological control poses the risk that animals are affected at any time by water-borne diseases that generally have disastrous consequences especially in animal sector where many animals have access to the same source of water.
Drinking water is an important mode of transmission of bacterial, viral and protozoan diseases that commonly affect animal health. Important factors to prevent water-borne infections are the
Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, a Quaternary ammonium compound is an excellent surfactant (surface active agent) which adsorbs the microbial cell surface and diffuses into the cell, finally binding the cell membrane and disrupting it leading to the leakage of the intracellular contents which kills the cell.