Mimicking Nature's Way for Milk-Fed Dairy Calves:

Number of Acidified Milk Samples with Number of Bacterial Colonies on Culture Plates

26 Milk Replacer and 22 Milk or Colostrum Samples

Colony Counts

0 colonies - Staph spp - 22 samples; Strep spp - 22 samples; Coliforms - 31 samples

1 colony - Staph spp - 12 samples; Strep spp - 4 samples; Coliforms - 5 samples

2 colonies - Staph spp - 9 samples; Strep spp - 3 samples; Coliforms - 2 samples

3 colonies - Staph spp - 5 samples; Strep spp - 11 samples; Coliforms - 5 samples

4 colonies - Staph spp - 0 samples; Strep spp - 8 samples; Coliforms - 5 samples