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Originally Posted by dwerten  so you are telling me the vets do not refridgerate the urine after cysto prior to sending to antech or idexx? Why would an internal medicine specialist say to refridgerate urine and that is how they keep it until it is sent out to the lab? I have done urinalysis and culture - two as a matter of fact over the course of two months just recently. No issues on either and was told the sample was excellent. I am not buying it sorry and if infection there is alot of bacteria so a little contamination is not going to make much of a difference if there is an infection and if there is a little bacteria then most likely no infection.
I guess you can be the purists and i will stick to my approach as has worked for 6 years for us and only one uti in 6 years when dd was a pup so i guess we are doing ok but i always appreciate hearing both sides in an intelligent non attacking way so thanks Crystal and Kellie for doing so. |
yes the samples get refrigerated, but the culture is taken with a sterile swab and placed in a sterile tube with gel or whatever is in there. So the refrigerated urine is not being sent to the lab and THEN having the culture taken. A culture is also usually done in house as well.
If there is an infection yes there will be a lot of bacteria. the problem is determining which bacteria came from where. what if the bacterias found need different antibiotics to clear it up? are you going to put your dog on multiple antibiotics that aren't necessary when you could just get a sterile sample straight from the bladder to determine what bacteria is in there
and what antibiotic is then needed?
Of course your samples are going to be excellent if there is nothing wrong with the dog (meaning the dog doesn't have an infection).