Only healthy animals provide healthy food. In addition, mastitis is one of the most common diseases in dairy herds and leads to major financial losses on farms.

Maintaining animal health - here specifically udder health - is therefore the overriding goal of our livestock.

The combination of veterinary-clinical expertise and analytical competence available in the milk laboratory of the Clinic for Ruminants makes an important contribution to this central task.

The Milk Laboratory is a practice- and research-oriented service facility of the University Clinic for Ruminants, which closely cooperates with veterinarians, animal health services and agriculture. The main task of the milk laboratory is the examination, analysis and scientific evaluation of milk samples from Austrian farms.

Taking into account clinical findings as well as parameters relevant to practice, comprehensive veterinary farm advice is offered in the event of positive test results, with a view to remedying any existing herd problem. With this practice-oriented offer, the Milk Laboratory of the Clinic for Ruminants makes a significant contribution to udder health and thus also contributes decisively to the production of safe and high-quality food.

Bacteriological examinations BU of quarter-milk samples of cattle and half-milk samples of sheep and goats incl. cytological findings, pathogen differentiation and antibiogram.

The costs are covered to varying degrees by the respective animal health services, depending on the province.

Determination of cell content in milk - at least 20 ml of milk required.

Interpretation of findings and therapy suggestion on request.

To determine and maintain udder health and to prevent mastitis.

Please ask the staff of the milk laboratory for the visit and processing fee.

In the milk laboratory of the Clinic for Ruminants, more than 7000 milk samples are analyzed per year.

If changes are found in a sample, the farm sending the sample is notified and, in consultation with the farm veterinarian:in, an appropriate therapy or sanitation proposal is drawn up for the affected herd.

In the course of the clinical examination of the patients, aseptic milk samples are taken from all lactating cows and bacteriologically examined in the clinic's own milk laboratory.

This service, which is free of charge for the animal owners, identifies the germs present and, using an antibiogram, treats them with the most suitable antibiotic.