Kepro - California Mastitis Test Kit (CMT)
Liquid remains in unchanged state: somatic cell count less than 100,000 cells per ml of milk. Light strand formation: somatic cell count more than 100,000 cells per ml of milk. Strong strand formation: somatic cell count more than 300,000 cells per ml of milk.
Gel formation: somatic cell count more than 500,000 cells per ml of milk.
TEST FOR SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS:
To test on the presence of subclinical mastitis
HOW TO USE THE CMT TEST:
- Flush the testing scale with clean water.
- Clean the udder and start milking all four teats. It is important not to use the first milk for the test.
- Keep the testing scale underneath the udder and milk two squirts from every teat in its own circle.
- Hold the testing scale sideways, so that only the required amount of milk stays behind.
- Put as much Kepro CMT solution as milk in each circle.
- Mix the Kepro CMT solution with the milk by swerving the scale for ten seconds.
- Start reading the test straight away. When you wait too long, the results are not reliable anymore.
ACTION:
When getting a positive CMT test from a cow, determine which quarter of her udder is affected. Take a milk sample to send off to a laboratory. When the result comes back, determine if the infection is caused by an environmentally spread bacteria or a contagious (spread from cow to cow) bacteria and take management measures.
Treat the cow according to the sensitivity test you received from the laboratory, for instance with Mastoline LC during 3 or 5 days.
When the cow is infected with S. Aureus, give a prolonged treatment during the dry cow period using Cloxamas DC, or cull the cow when she had more than 3 lactations.
EVALUATION OF TREATMENT:
Use CMT test a week after finishing the treatment, to see whether the treatment was successful.