Pre-incubation (PI)

Service type
Udder Health
Species
Bovine,
Caprine,
Ovine
Fee
$6.24
Days tested
M-F
Turnaround time
3-4 business days
Specimen Requirements

Minimum of 6 ml milk each sample in a tube 1/4 to 3/4 full. Freeze samples immediately after collection. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. Refer to Best Practice: Milk Samples (link) for detailed instructions on how to collect a bulk milk sample.

Shipping container
Sterile tube (2oz flip-top tubes preferred)
Coolant
Frozen gel packs
Location Term
St. Paul (VDL)
Submission Form(s)
Best Practice
Description

This test is used to quantify the number of bacteria that thrive at moderate temperatures, such as when milk cooling is inadequate, as an indicator of milk quality. It may be combined with other differential bacteria counts (See Milk Bacteria Troubleshooting Panel Option 1 and 2) ) to aid in investigation of elevated bulk milk bacteria counts.

Results reported: cfu/ml. Speciation available by request.

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