A22-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 27, 1990 I On The Reco Dick Barth PA DHIA General Mgi Prostaph Update Due It’s been a long time since members and others have had any new information about the ELISA test for Staph, aureus mastitis (known as Pro Staph I) that was introduced last January. An update is overdue. What is Pro Staph I? It is a rapid test of a non-sterile milk sample (that is, a DHIA sample) for the presence of the antigen that a dairy cow produces when she is infected with Staph, aureus mastitis. In theory, the test results should correlate with the presence of Staph, mastitis; a negative mean ing no mastitis, a positive meaning infection. There have been quite a few articles about this test this year in trade literature. If you have fol lowed them, you know that there is considerable debate about what the test results mean. ITS MORE THAN Here’s one tractor that does more work than a half dozen tractors combined* Put it to work on any kind of farm chore. Plowing. 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Differing opinions between researchers in states where research has been done has been a real obstacle to the uniform adop tion of this technology across the U.S. Some states are using the Pro Staph I analysis quite exten sively. Other states have been slower to adopt For that reason, DHIA Services, the subsidiary of National DHIA Nothing like it on earth" ■KU B 0 T <W»W»sttisiiLil | TRACTORS » EQUIPMENT | c4IL FM DETAIIs ON LEASING Serving C*ntr«l PA Sine* 1921 STORE HOURS MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30-5:00 SATURDAY 7:30-12:00 2 Locations that intriduced the test, will con vene mastitis researchers at the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting next February to discuss their findings. It’s hoped that a common discussion will provide a common basis for understanding and a uniform proposal for use of test results. More information should be available when the latest Penn Itate research is completed. FINANCING OR CASH DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE LANCASTER ItM FruttviH* Uwt—or. 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