Selectrocide for swine drinking water
Cleaner Water. Healthier Hogs. Better Performance.
Remove biofilm from waterlines and nipple drinkers, reduce disease pressure, and improve feed conversion across farrowing rooms, nursery barns and finishing barns.
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Registered, compliant, and manufactured in the USA
Selectrocide from Selective Micro Technologies
The problem
The Cost of Dirty Water on a Swine Farm
Water is the largest single input a pig takes in every day. The slime you find in a dirty drinking water line is biofilm, and it turns the line, the tank and the nipple drinker into a working reservoir that costs you intake, gain and health long before anything looks wrong.
- 01 Biofilm builds up The slime in the waterline is biofilm, and it keeps reseeding the water passing through to every nipple drinker in the barn.
- 02 Pigs drink less Off-flavor, odor and visible fouling suppress water intake across the barn.
- 03 They eat less Water drives feed intake, so feed conversion slips right along with it.
- 04 Gain and performance drop Average daily gain, feed conversion and performance all track drinking water.
- 05 More illness and treatment Scours and enteric disease pressure in piglets, then more labor, more antibiotics, and higher pre-weaning and barn mortality.
What is happening in the line See more
Slime Shelters Bacteria
The slime on the inside of a water line is biofilm, a living layer bonded to the pipe. It shelters bacteria from ordinary sanitizers, restricts flow, plugs nipple drinkers and float valves, and keeps reseeding the water passing through. Iron and mineral buildup in well systems, lime scale, organic matter and the algae behind green water in an open tank all build up alongside it and make the problem worse.
Why Bleach Falls Short
Chlorine loses strength as pH climbs. Above about 7.5 it converts to hypochlorite ion and gives up most of its killing power, and most farm water sits right in that range. Bleach, acids and peroxides are also consumed by organic load before they reach the biofilm, so repeated shock chlorination costs more every time and causes corrosive damage to lines, nipples and equipment. The result is poor water quality holding back intake and performance, plus labor inefficiency and overcomplicated chemical programs.
Pigs Drink Less
Off-flavors, odor and visible fouling suppress water intake. Pigs and piglets that drink less eat less, and feed conversion, weight gain and performance follow the water.
A Route for Reinfection
You can wash down the farrowing rooms, the nursery barns and the pen partitions between groups and still put pathogens like Salmonella and E. coli back through the water line. Until the line itself is clean, the drinking water keeps handing the problem back to the next group.
How it works
From the tote to the trough.
See how the system works from start to finish: make chlorine dioxide in the tote, pull it into the water line with a proportional injector, and send treated water through the lines to every drinker.
Swine water treatment system showing chlorine dioxide generated in a tote, drawn into the incoming water line by a proportional injector, and carried through the water lines to the nipple drinkers.
Make it on site
Drop the pouch into a tote of water. It generates Ultra-Pure chlorine dioxide right there on the farm.
Connect the injector
Run the tote into a proportional injector on your water line, including Dosatron style units.
Set your treatment rate
Set the injector for the concentration you need.
Treat every drinker
Treated water moves through your existing lines all the way to the last nipple drinker in the barn.
No generators, no bulk chemical mixing, no complicated equipment.
The solution
Where Selectrocide® Works on a Swine Farm
Drinking Water Systems
Ultra-Pure chlorine dioxide generated on site in a sealed micro-reactor. Continuous low ppm dosing and shock treatment for waterlines, nipple drinkers, tanks, wells and farrowing hydration systems.
- Destroys bacteria and pathogens in the water system
- Removes and prevents biofilm and slime
- Oxidizes iron and manganese buildup
- Improved water intake, feed conversion and weight gain
- Cleaner lines and drinkers, and lower early-life mortality
- Continuous sanitation at low ppm levels
Barn, Pen and Facility Disinfection
Farrowing rooms, nursery barns, finishing barns, pen partitions and entryways.
Lower environmental pathogen pressure and cross-contamination risk between production phases.
Equipment, Feeding and Bottle Sanitation
Automatic feeders, water nipples, processing and handling equipment, syringes, piglet feeding bottles and supplement containers.
Reduced pathogen carryover between batches, lower enteric disease pressure in early life and stronger piglet starts.
Proven in the field
Proven Results in the Field
Real-world outcomes from farms using Selectrocide as part of their water treatment protocol.
9% ↓
Pre-weaning mortality
7% ↓
Overall barn mortality
Clean Water. Healthier Hogs.
Improve growth and reduce disease pressure by eliminating biofilm and controlling microbial contamination at the source. Selectrocide restores water quality and supports consistent herd performance.
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1.5% ↓
Mortality rate
$50K
Recovered
Improve Feed Conversion. Increase Returns.
Improve weight gain and feed efficiency by reducing bacterial load and eliminating biofilm in drinking water systems. Selectrocide restores water quality at the source to support consistent herd performance.
Read the study →Dosing
Water Treatment for Swine Farms
< 1 ppm
Municipal water
Continuous dosing rate for municipal water sources.
1–2 ppm
Well water systems
Higher organic load in well water may require up to 2 ppm.
< 0.8 ppm
Residual before consumption
Residual chlorine dioxide should remain below 0.8 ppm prior to animal consumption.
20–50 ppm
Initial shock treatment
Used to flush and clean the system before transitioning to maintenance.
Waterline Dosing and Treatment Guide
- Test at the nipple drinker, not only at the dosing point.
- Adjust the program to the actual water source and system.
- Always confirm the rate for your application on the product label.
Exact dosing varies by water source, organic load, and system type. Water testing is recommended before establishing a final protocol.
Safety and compliance
Farm Safety
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Get Started with Selectrocide®
A complete Ultra-Pure ClO₂ system to treat water, sanitize equipment, and control biofilm across your farm.
Selectrocide® 12G Kit →
Includes Selectrocide 12G pouches, generation container, dispensing equipment, and test strips. Everything needed to treat water and sanitize equipment. Each pouch treats 3,000 gallons at 1 ppm.
Selectrocide® 5G Pouch →
Start small. Drop in, generate, and go. No mixing, no measuring. Built for waterlines, shock treatments, and barn sanitation. Treats up to 1,280 gallons at 1 ppm.
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Healthier Pigs Start with Cleaner Water.
Across many farms, improved water quality has been directly tied to lower mortality rates, cleaner systems, and measurable cost savings. We can help build a practical, field-tested water treatment protocol specific to your operation.