In house culture and sensitivity testing

Re: In house culture and sensitivity testing

Sarah Bolt — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 21:01:22 GMT

Thank you to all for that - really helpful and a good starting point :-)

Apologies for the delay in replying, been stupidly busy recently!!

Thanks again :-)

Re: In house culture and sensitivity testing

Gareth C. — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:47:55 GMT

We use speed biogram too very good. Esp for urine that will "go off" by the time it gets to external laboratory

Re: In house culture and sensitivity testing

Kate Richardson — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:10:51 GMT

We have a Speed Biogram from Virbac- tiny incubator about 8-10inches wide and easy to use, quick results, gives some idea of what bacteria are grown as well as sensitivities- can culture virtually anything I believe but mainly do ears and urine. I love it!

Re: In house culture and sensitivity testing

Luca Poddighe — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:08:14 GMT

Depends certainly on what type of test you have in mind to offer. E.g. Salmonella and Campylobacter require different terrain from other bacterias. If you are going to equip a lab you might as well do everything.

Re: In house culture and sensitivity testing

Aisling McGrath — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:40:29 GMT

I am not sure how much I can add, but would really like to hear other people's responses to this question.

When I worked in mixed practice, we regularly did in house microbiology on milk samples. We never had to look at anything under a microscope, we used to get the fresh milk sample in, spread it on three plates, and then if something grew, we had a big chart on the wall with advice on what looks with what, what colour changes to expect, etc. and then had some additional tests we could do with basic chemicals to determine more precisely.... I am pretty sure it was a drugs company that provided us with everything initially (small incubator, posters, initial supply of agar plates), then we just had to buy extra plates when we ran out.

It was super simple, and it is something that I would like to introduce in our practice for in house urinalysis, and then if something was culture positive, we could just send it to idexx to find out exactly what it was?

We had one price for a negative result (cheaper) and one price for when there was bacterial growth (more expensive). Meant farmers were happy to readily screen cows with early signs of mastitis.