Mastitis Test

• MORGAN MT helps detect the presence of subclinical
infections at the beginning of or during lactation as part of
an udder health management program.
• MORGAN MT test is very simple and can be performed
at milking time, gives instant results and very economical.
MORGAN MT PRINCIPLE
• MORGAN MT reagents reacts and rupture leukocytes
(WBCs) and thus deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is
released from their nuclei which result in gel formation,
the thickness of the gel indicates the severity of the
inflammation.
• The change in color indicates the PH variation of the
milk and therefore, the level of inflammation.
Advantages of MORGAN MT
The advantages of the MORGAN MT over individual
cow cell count results is that it assesses the level of
infection of individual quarters rather than providing an
overall udder result, enabling the problem quarter(s) to be
identified.
It also provides a ‘real-time ‘result; laboratory testing
provides a historical result as it can take days for lab
results to be returned.
Implementing MORGAN MT in testing as a standard
operating procedure on dairy farm may help fine-tune
a mastitis therapy program, reduce the risk of antibiotic
residues in milk, and increase both quality and quantity of
milk produced.
Potential Uses for MORGAN MT
Immediate determination of potential infection status of
purchased lactating cows.
Testing fresh cows on the fourth day of lactation is 80%
accurate for predicting infection status. Thus, fresh-cow
MORGAN MT scores, in conjunction with MORGAN
MT scores prior to dry off, may help to evaluate the
effectiveness of dry cow therapy and the rate of new
infections during the dry cow period.
MORGAN MT also could be used to evaluate the
success or failure of mastitis treatment during lactation. A
negative MORGAN MT score at 3 weeks post-treatment
with subsequent confirmatory negative tests would
suggest that treatment was successful.