Background
Environmental Streptococci are considered to be major mastitis pathogens because they typically cause high somatic cell counts, persistent infections and milk bacterial contamination. CHROMagar™ Streptococcus was designed to help in the Mastitis diagnosis, particularly as an aid to differentiate species involved in the udder infection.
There are other applications where CHROMagar™ Streptococcus has also shown to be a useful tool to differentiate Streptococci in samples heavily loaded with a complex bacterial flora.
In combination with CHROMagar™ Staphylococcus and CHROMagar™ Mastitis GN, CHROMagar™ Streptococcus becomes a powerful tool to aid in the detection of pathogens in milk samples. Results can be interpreted after 18-24 h of aerobic incubation at 35-37 °C.