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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 235618" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Karen - on the topic of culturing - I found this place about a week ago, haven't had time to check it out too thoroughly yet - </p><p><a href="http://www.udderhealth.com/media2005.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.udderhealth.com/media2005.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>- they're the culture plates that my vet uses for culturing mastitis. I'm sure they'd work for other infections as well, however. Some are more for general culturing (gram positive and gram negative will grow) and others are more specialized (the mycoplasma plates). </p><p></p><p><em>IF</em> I knew I could get a good growth off them without having an incubator-type thing (don't recall the exact name), I'd order them in a heartbeat. As it is, I know I can get some growth off ones <em>that are already grown </em>if I forget and leave them out on the counter <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />; sometimes even a slight growth in the 'fridge, but I'm not sure if it would work simply leaving them out on the counter. The incubator thing my vet has keeps the plates at a constant 32*C and a certain percentage of carbon dioxide to simulate the same environment as the inside of a cow. At $1.45/plate (vet charges $2/sample) I'm contemplating ordering in a few to see if I can get this to work for me. I <u><em>think</em></u> it will, but my guess is it will take longer (18 hours at the clinic -- probably translates to 24-36 on the counter), BUT, since my vet obviously isn't making much $$ off these cultures he's certainly not bending over backwards to get the results to me, and it would probably end up being the same amount of time if I was doing it all myself. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 235618, member: 852"] Karen - on the topic of culturing - I found this place about a week ago, haven't had time to check it out too thoroughly yet - [url=http://www.udderhealth.com/media2005.pdf]http://www.udderhealth.com/media2005.pdf[/url] - they're the culture plates that my vet uses for culturing mastitis. I'm sure they'd work for other infections as well, however. Some are more for general culturing (gram positive and gram negative will grow) and others are more specialized (the mycoplasma plates). [i]IF[/i] I knew I could get a good growth off them without having an incubator-type thing (don't recall the exact name), I'd order them in a heartbeat. As it is, I know I can get some growth off ones [i]that are already grown [/i]if I forget and leave them out on the counter :P; sometimes even a slight growth in the 'fridge, but I'm not sure if it would work simply leaving them out on the counter. The incubator thing my vet has keeps the plates at a constant 32*C and a certain percentage of carbon dioxide to simulate the same environment as the inside of a cow. At $1.45/plate (vet charges $2/sample) I'm contemplating ordering in a few to see if I can get this to work for me. I [u][i]think[/i][/u] it will, but my guess is it will take longer (18 hours at the clinic -- probably translates to 24-36 on the counter), BUT, since my vet obviously isn't making much $$ off these cultures he's certainly not bending over backwards to get the results to me, and it would probably end up being the same amount of time if I was doing it all myself. :P [/QUOTE]
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