Dairy Testing
Microbial Research, Inc. has a full suite of dairy testing services.
Since the very beginning, Microbial Research Inc. has developed strong relationships with local dairies to provide quality microbiological testing that allows them to assess their herd health. Microbial Research Inc. also has a long standing relationship with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) to perform bulk tank analysis.
Microbial Research Inc. specializes in the isolation and identification of mastitis pathogens for assistance with your herd health management program. We perform routine testing according to the National Mastitis Council methods for detection of Mycoplasma species, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella species.
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Not only do we test cow milk for our dairies, we also test goat milk and even camel milk!
Here are some of the common services we provide for our dairy testing:
- Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
- Bedding/Towel evaluation
- Coliform enumeration
- Gram Negative/Gram Positive enumeration and detection
- Lab Pasteurization Count (LPC)
- Mastitis Screen - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, E. coli, Klebsiella and Mycoplasma (Any combination thereof)
- Mycoplasma speciation (PCR)
- Preliminary Incubation count
- Salmonella Detection
- Standard Plate Count (SPC)
- Thermoduric bacteria (potential milk spoilers) detection
- Total solids enumeration
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Additional tests can also be accommodated upon request!
Once testing is complete, we provide timely and accurate testing reports to our dairies to demonstrate each sample’s results.



