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Originally Posted by kalina82  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). |
all of my cultures and lab work is done at a lab not in house only one inhouse fecal but still paid to send out to lab as well- and you do not think a lab knows the difference in bacteria internally as well as contamination? I think they do and ims told me they do so i believe her and Jean over everyone here sorry
as they have been doing this for 40 years in jeans case and 15 years in ims case.
I am very familiar with cultures for fecal, skin and urine since my dd has had them all sadly