“TK GOLD DUST is is an excellent product for disinfecting the farrowing house prior to the sows entering. It is a partially slatted building and due to TK GD being quite fine in texture it coats the slats very well (although a little obviously goes through the slats) providing a clean area for the piglets to be born.
We find it to be an excellent drying agent for the solid areas where the piglets move around and rest - the first few hours after birth is critical to reduce infection entering via the umbilical cord with the area needing to be as sterile as possible. We use in the farrowing house where the piglets stay for 4 weeks post birth.”

After trying a number of different drying disinfectant powders I decided to use the TK GOLD DUST as it worked better than most of the alternatives I tried and also worked out cheaper.
The farrowing pens are slatted - TK GD is used behind the sow whilst
farrowing to help keep the farrowing area clean and dry it up.
It's main use is for the solid heat mats for the piglets to keep them
both clean and dry - helps to dry up the navels as well as reducing
bacterial transmission between piglets . This is generally applied at
or just before farrowing and repeated after 24 hours and also reapplied should there be a touch
of scour.