Standard Plate Count & Coliform Count (Calf Milk Panel)

Service type
Udder Health
Species
Bovine,
Caprine,
Ovine
Fee
$17.68
Days tested
M-F
Turnaround time
2-3 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 combination of tests is most often used to monitor the adequacy of pasteurization or heat treatment, storage conditions, and feeding equipment hygiene of waste milk or colostrum fed to calves. For more information, see the two Factsheets on Calf Feeding Systems. Results reported: cfu/ml SPC and Coliforms.

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