Minnesota
Easy Culture’s Clinical Mastitis Tri-Plate is a three-part culture plate—ideal
for on-farm or veterinary clinic mastitis detection. This tri-plate is composed
of 3 different types of media: Factor, MacConkey, and Focus. Helps determine
gram-positive and gram-negative growth, while independently testing for
gram-positive strep and strep-like growth. Refrigerate culture plates
until use. Make sure to use proper
sampling techniques to ensure accurate culture growth. Use a sterile cotton swab for each sample.
Dip cotton swab into milk sample and allow it to soak a few moments. Without
touching the tip of the swab with your fingers or any other surface, swab each
section of the tri-plate in the following order for best results: Focus media and MacConkey
media and Factor media.Place the plate in the incubator with the media side up
(lid down) for up to 48 hours with the first reading after 18 to 24 hours. Use
the interpretation guide to determine results.