Mastitis Case Studies
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Mastitis Case Studies |
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Step 8
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Farmer Elsie de Koo's ProblemPRINT THIS PAGE |
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| You may want to consider getting bacterial cultures from the farm to aid you in identifying the pathogen(s) responsible for the mastitis problem. Typically you will collect sterile milk samples or have the dairy producer collect them. These samples are sent to a diagnostic laboratory for running the bacterial cultures. Consider the following when making your decision about whether to obtain bacterial cultures. |
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Costs of culturing: about $5 per sample |
Time to get results back from the lab: typically about a week. |
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If you do think that bacterial cultures are required, then which approach would you take (from the options for culturing) ? Can you explain why you would take that approach?
If you do not think that bacterial cultures are required, then can you explain why not?
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