Fig 1.
Visual assessment of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial growth on Accumast plates performed in laboratory.
Pictures were taken onto dark background. Plate without bacteria (panel A), Staphylococcus aureus (panel B), Staphylococcus epidermidis (panel C), Staphylococcus chromogenes (panel D), Streptococcus agalactiae (panel E), Streptococcus dysgalactiae (panel F), Streptococcus uberis (panel G), Enterococcus faecalis (panel H) Escherichia coli (panel I)*, Klebsiella oxytoca (panel J)*, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (panel K). *Pictures were taken onto light background.
Fig 2.
Flow-chart for on-farm diagnosis of mastitis pathogens based on Accumast.
Table 1.
Prevalence of pathogens associated with clinical mastitis.
Table 2.
Overall test characteristics of selective chromogenic culture plates to identify bacteria associated with clinical mastitis determined by standard laboratory culture.
Table 3.
Test characteristics of Accumast plates to identify Gram-negative bacteria associated with clinical mastitis determined by standard laboratory culture.
Table 4.
Test characteristics of Accumast to identify Gram-positive bacteria associated with clinical mastitis determined by standard laboratory culture.
Table 5.
Test characteristics Accumast plates to identify bacteria associated with clinical mastitis determined by 16S rRNA sequencing.