Aquatize® kills most pathogens found in drinking water for animals. Below are eleven common pathogens that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has permitted to be listed on the Aquatize® label. Tests show that Aquatize® killed 99.99% of these damaging bacteria.
The genus Campylobacter -- gram negative, spiral rods -- contains multiple pathogenic species associated with infections of the genital and gastrointestinal tracts of most animals. Campylobacter are especially prevalent and difficult to contain in poultry and may be responsible for diarrhea in humans who consume food that has come in contact with uncooked chicken.
This gram-positive bacteria inhabits the gastrointestinal tracts of mammals and causes endocarditis, bladder, prostate, and epididymal infections. E. faecalis has a resistance to most antibiotics currently in use.
E. coli is a gram-negative bacteria and a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae which includes Shigella, Salmonella, Citrobacter, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Serratia, Proteus and Yersinia. In animals, there are hundreds of antibiotic-resistant serotypes of E. coli associated with disease, infections and diarrhea. However, in the large intestine E. coli assists with vital functions like waste processing, vitamin K production, and food absorption.
This is a particularly dangerous strain of E. coli that produces toxins which cause infection, bloody diarrhea, kidney failure and occasionally death.
Infection by this species of bacteria -- gram-positive, rod-shaped -- causes septicemia, meningitis, encephalitis, corneal ulcer, pneumonia, cervical infections and spontaneous abortion. In monogastric animals, this species causes gastrointestinal problems like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, septicemia of the liver, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and brain.
Five major Pasteurella species are found worldwide and cause pneumonia in animals. These are gram-negative, rod-shaped microbes and named after Louis Pasteur, the “father of microbiology”. They are associated with pneumonia mainly in cattle and swine, but occasionally other animals. This species thrives under conditions of stress -- for example, during shipping of cattle, thought to cause Shipping Fever.
Three species of Pseudomonas are problems for animals: P. aeruginosa causes purulent infections; P. mallei causes glanders in horses and humans; and P. pseudomallei causes melioidosis, a fatal disease resembling glanders. P. aeruginosa variants infect the pulmonary tract, urinary tract, burns, wounds, and also causes blood infections.
The genus Salmonella contains hundreds of variants that cause gastrointestinal diseases in animals. Salmonella infection is mostly acquired by ingestion of contaminated materials that have been exposed to feces. Each year humans die as a result of Salmonella exposure.
Primates are the only hosts that are susceptible to dysentery bacilli infection which causes Bacillary Dysentery disease. This pathogen is spread by contaminated water and causes severe dysentery because it produces the dangerous Shiga toxin. The dysentery varies from mild diarrhea to severe watery or mucoid diarrhea mixed with blood. Animals become dehydrated and rapidly lose condition or die.
These are gram-positive bacteria and a wide variety of related species are known to cause disease in animals. This particular bacterial species is common in countries with large pig production industries. S. suis, known to be composed of multiple variants, is also capable of transmission to humans from pigs. It causes septicemia, meningitis, and arthritis in swine.