Whitepaper: PCR vs bacterial culture for mastitis – who wins?

Bacterial culture has long been the standard method of pathogen identification for bovine mastitis.
calendar icon 23 August 2021
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Thermo Fisher Scientific

However, according to the National Mastitis Council Protocols, Guidelines and Procedures, bacterial culture can fail to provide the correct diagnosis.

There is an ongoing need to implement better, more advanced diagnostic technologies that can bring more reliable and accurate results to help producers and veterinarians better manage the economic and welfare damage that mastitis can cause.

Learn how PCR offers a quicker and more objective way to detect multiple pathogens and mitigate inaccurate results by downloading the case study.

Click here to download the new whitepaper, so you can see the research results first-hand.

 

NMC Publishes Laboratory Handbook on Bovine Mastitis 3rd Edition https://www.nmconline.org/2017/02/11/nmc-publishes-laboratory-handbook-on-bovine-mastitis-3rd-edition/

 

 

 

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