Bulk Tank Milk Culture

Fee
$30.00
Coolant
Ice packs
Service Area
Bacteriology
Species
  • Bovine
    • Preferred Specimen
    Six ml (minimum) collected on three to five consecutive days
    Test Days
    Monday-Friday
    Turnaround Time
    Two to five business days
    Comments
    Collect samples in sterile tubes. Freeze samples immediately after collection. Samples must remain cold, preferably frozen. Results will include enumeration of coliforms, Streptococcus agalactiae, non-agalactiae Streptococcus species, coagulase positive Staphylococcus species, and total Staphylococcus species. Antimicrobial susceptibility is not set up from bulk tank samples. For mastitis culture and antimicrobial susceptibility, see Milk Sample Culture.