Milk Quality Laboratory Services 

• Individual Milk Culture 

  • Contagious Pathogens: Staphylococcus Aureus, Mycoplasma, Streptococcus Agalactia, Prototheca  

  • Environmental Pathogens: Streptococcus species, Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus, E. Coli and Coliforms, etc

• Bulk Tank Culture 

• Colostrum Culture 

• Blood and Milk Pregnancy Diagnosis 

• Bedding Culture 

• PCR with Species Typing (if requested) 

• Result Timeline: 

  • 24h turnaround time from pickup

  • Plates re-read at 48 hours to ensure slow growing bacterial species are found

• On-Farm Pickup Monday-Wednesday

  • Pickup free of charge over 15 samples per pickup within a 1 hour radius of Brookings, SD.