Effective July 1, 2008
Note: The $8.25 accession fee will NOT be applied to mastitis testing. |
TEST |
FEE
(US $)*
|
SPECIMEN |
SHIPPING CONTAINER* |
COOLANT |
DAYS
TESTED |
TURN-
AROUND** |
COMMENTS |
Bedding Cultures |
20.25 |
2 cups of bedding |
whirl- pac or plastic bag |
frozen gel packs |
M or T |
2-7 days |
Refrigerate or freeze. |
| Colostrum Culture (Total Bacteria and Coliform Count) |
12.75 |
6 ml milk |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. Ship in insulated box. |
Isolate Identification (Milk related) |
15.75 |
pure culture |
agar plate or slant |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Prevent agar from freezing. |
Laboratory Pasteurization Test |
19.00 |
6 ml milk |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. |
Mastitis Milk Culture and Susceptibility on selected isolates |
3.75 |
2 ml milk |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. |
Milk Bulk Tank Culture |
25.25 |
3-5 milk samples collected on 3-5 consecutive days at same time; minimum of 6 ml milk each sample |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-Th |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. |
Milk Bulk Tank Culture and Mycoplasma Culture |
29.75 |
3-5 milk samples collected on 3-5 consecutive days at same time; minimum of 6 ml milk each sample |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-Th |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. |
Mycoplasma-Milk Culture |
4.75 |
2 ml milk |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
7-10 days |
Freeze immediately. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. |
| Pre-incubation-PI |
6.50 each |
Minimum of 6 ml milk each sample |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. |
Salmonella culture (Milk Related) |
16.00 |
2 ml milk |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
2-7 days |
Freeze immediately. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. |
Standard Plate Count-SPC |
6.50 each |
Minimum of 6 ml milk each sample |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. |
Staphylococcus Culture only |
2.25 |
2 ml milk |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. |
Staphylococcus and Streptococcus
Culture only |
3.00 |
2 ml milk |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. |
Streptococcus
Culture only |
2.25 |
2 ml milk |
sterile tube |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Freeze immediately. |
Towel Culture |
14.50 |
towel |
whirl- pac or plastic bag |
frozen gel packs |
M or T |
2-7 days |
Refrigerate or freeze. |
Water or disinfectant Culture, milk related (includes counts on total Gram negative, Gram negative non-fermenters, Pseudomonas, and coliforms) |
18.50 |
200 ml water |
sterile container |
frozen gel packs |
M-F |
36-48 hrs |
Keep chilled. |
*An additional fee of $0.50 will be charged for each milk sample submitted in a whirl- pac because of extra time required for sample handling.
** Turn-around time may be longer if additional testing is required.
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