Fee:
$6.30 (1-9 samples), $6.05 (10-19 samples), $5.80 (20+ samples)
Service:
Udder Health
Species:
Bovine
Caprine
Ovine
Days Tested:
M-F
Turnaround Time:
2-3 business days
Specimen Requirements:
Minimum of 2 ml milk each sample in a tube 1/4 to 3/4 full. Recommend quarter milk samples only. Freeze samples immediately after collecting. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen during shipping. See Best Practice: Milk Samples (link) for detailed instructions on sample collection.
Coolant:
Frozen gel packs
Keywords:
Mastitis, milk, quarter, aerobic
Shipping Container:
Sterile tube (2oz flip-top tubes preferred)
Location:
VDL
Submission Form:
Best Practices:
This test is used to identify the pathogen causing clinical or subclinical mastitis.
Results reported: The LUH will report up to two organisms isolated from samples submitted for Full Mastitis Culture; if three or more organisms are found, the results will be reported as “Contaminated.” Organisms will be identified with the MALDI-TOF or other procedures as appropriate.