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Microbiological culture has been the gold standard of mastitis diagnostics for many years. However, in recent years, the dairy industry is seeing increasing popularity of using molecular methods, as well as doing mastitis cultures right on the farm. Not all methods are appropriate for a particular situation. Thus, it is important to determine what question is being asked, what environment the procedures will be performed in, and who will be doing that work. The primary goal for most dairy producers using a milk quality laboratory service is to create data-driven management decisions. Incorrect data can potentially be worse than no data at all and may result in healthy animals being mistakenly culled. Or, an undetected disease may escalate into a disease outbreak.
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