Abstract
Gram-staining characteristics of mastitis pathogens are an important consideration when developing mastitis treatment protocols. Rapid identification of clinical episodes due to gram-negative pathogens could reduce the use of intramammary mastitis (IMM) treatments with poor efficacy, while ensuring treatment of environmental streptococci infections. The objective of this study was to determine if the MASTiK® cow-side antibiotic susceptibility test could be used to predict whether a clinical mastitis episode was caused by a gram-negative pathogen, based on the susceptibility pattern obtained from the test, with the assumption that gram-negative clinical mastitis would not be treated with intramammary antibiotics.
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