A True Pig-Farm Story: The News That Kept a Whole Farm Awake

Somporn, owner of a 2,000-head fattening pig farm in eastern Thailand, heard the news everyone in the industry fears most: a neighbouring farm less than ten kilometres away had African Swine Fever (ASF) and had to cull its entire barn — millions of baht lost overnight.

ASF has no vaccine or cure and a near-100% mortality. The virus survives long in the environment and spreads by contact, vehicles, footwear, equipment and insect vectors. The only survival is keeping it out of the farm — the heart of biosecurity.

Somporn already had disinfection dips and fencing, but he knew the weak points were incoming vehicles, the barns and the air around them. Old-style flood disinfection used lots of chemical yet missed every gap of trucks and barns.

To raise disinfection to cover vehicles, barns and equipment, Somporn chose the AIROFOG U260 ULV sprayer to reinforce his farm's biosecurity.

A Closer Look: Why It Is Scarier Than It Seems

ASF is the nightmare of the global pig industry. Once in a farm there is almost no cure; infected farms must cull all pigs to break the cycle. The loss isn't just the pigs but a whole production cycle's income and the cost of cleaning the farm before restarting.

ASF is highly durable in the environment, surviving in dung, blood, meat and surfaces for weeks to months, spreading by direct and indirect contact — people, trucks, footwear, equipment, feed and insect vectors. One dropped guard can mean losing the whole farm.

The heart of prevention is biosecurity: controlling entry and exit, disinfecting vehicles and equipment, and keeping barns strictly clean. Everything must be thorough and genuinely done every day.

A common weak point is incomplete disinfection, especially under truck chassis, wheel arches and barn dead corners that flooding can't reach. Even a little residual virus can wipe out a herd.

For pig farmers, investing in effective disinfection is the most worthwhile insurance for the survival of the business.

Why the Usual Fixes Keep Failing

Flooding or spraying with ordinary pressure uses lots of chemical and leaves things soaked, yet still misses spots, because coarse droplets can't reach under chassis, wheel arches and barn dead corners where ASF may hide.

Disinfecting the whole barn's air and surfaces the old way is hard and slow, while a disinfection dip alone handles only footwear, not whole vehicles and equipment.

What the farm needs is ULV fogging that drifts into and coats every gap of vehicles, barns and equipment, disinfecting thoroughly with volume-controlled chemical — exactly what a ULV sprayer is built for.

The Professional's Choice: AIROFOG U260 ULV Sprayer

The AIROFOG U260 is a German-engineered ULV sprayer suited to farm disinfection and biosecurity. Its 15-30 micron mist drifts into under-chassis gaps, wheel arches and barn dead corners that flooding can't reach.

Used with an ASF-effective disinfectant, its 6-step nozzle and 50 cm hose let you fog vehicles at entry/exit and treat barns and equipment thoroughly and fast — reinforcing the whole farm's armour every day.

10 Reasons the AIROFOG U260 Delivers

1. 1. Reaches under chassis and wheel arches — ULV mist gets where flooding can't — the risk points that carry germs in.
2. 2. Effective against ASF — Used with disinfectants that truly kill ASF, per Department of Livestock guidance.
3. 3. Covers barns and equipment — Disinfects air and surfaces across every risk point.
4. 4. Right-sized dosing, no soaking — Fine, volume-controlled mist saves chemical versus flooding.
5. 5. Fog vehicles at entry/exit — Reinforces the dip, treating whole trucks thoroughly.
6. 6. Reaches dead corners — The 50 cm hose fogs barn gaps and under equipment with ease.
7. 7. Light, nimble — 3.4 kg, carry and fog around the farm with ease.
8. 8. Reinforces biosecurity — Raises disinfection to be thorough and genuinely done daily.
9. 9. Global standards — Certified by WHO, TÜV Rheinland and the Department of Medical Sciences.
10. 10. Durable, worthwhile — German build for heavy farm use, protecting the herd all cycle.

AIROFOG U260 ULV Sprayer Specifications

Before vs. After in the Real World

What Real Users Say

After adding the AIROFOG U260 to our biosecurity, we could fog whole trucks and barns far more thoroughly. The mist reaches gaps flooding never could. My farm came through the ASF outbreak with the whole herd intact.

— Owner of a 2,000-head fattening pig farm

Standards and Certifications You Can Trust

The AIROFOG U260 is a German-engineered Airofog ULV sprayer, tested and certified by leading institutes in Thailand and abroad — the Department of Medical Sciences, the Department of Health, and Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine, plus international standards such as WHO, TÜV Rheinland and IPARC. That gives a farm owner and animal-husbandry team confidence that every pass follows real science, not just the feeling of clean.

Just as important, the machine works with a wide range of certified disinfectants, so the chemistry can be matched to the target pathogen of each site. Before-and-after surface sampling consistently confirms more than 99.99% reduction of viruses, bacteria and fungi.

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Hygiene references: World Health Organization (WHO) · Department of Disease Control, Thailand

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