Evaluation of an Enzymatic Test for the Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus in Milk
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19985783Keywords:
Staphylococcus aureus, mastitis, enzymatic test, rapid detection, BHI, brain heart infusionAbstract
Staphylococcus aureus is a contagious mastitis causing bacterium of cows. An enzymatic test for rapid detection of S. aureus in milk (Biovet) was evaluated in comparison with another rapid test (Hy-Mast, Upjohn), to standard bacteriological techniques including pre-culture enrichment in BHI (brain heart infusion) carried out in the clinical bacteriology laboratory of the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Montreal.