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Evaluating Several Media for the Recovery of Organisms Associated with Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis in Beef Calves

Authors: Annette O'Connor (Iowa State University) , Joann Kinyon (Iowa State University) , Allison Whipple (Iowa State University)

Abstract

The use of a Moraxella bovis selective agar, preferentially over sheeps blood agar, may be a valuable method to increase laboratory culture recovery of M. bovis and M. ovis from IBK cases where those organisms are suspected. There was no difference in recovery rates from SBA plates incubated at 5 or 10% CO2. It remains to be determined if increased recovery is clinically significant and associated with disease occurrence.

Keywords: ASL R2064

How to Cite: O'Connor, A. , Kinyon, J. & Whipple, A. (2006) “Evaluating Several Media for the Recovery of Organisms Associated with Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis in Beef Calves”, Iowa State University Animal Industry Report. 3(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-572