The on-farm mastitis test that saves cost and reduces antibiotic use.

One test to get your clinical mastitis under control.
Address root causes. Get cows back on their feet easily and fast.

  • RIdentifies all the pathogens that matter
  • RGet quick results within 24h
  • R7 days / week support
  • RPowerful lab, on-farm
WHY CHOOSE CHECK-UP

Your Farm, your Lab

More power & cost savings

What you get with check-up
  • More than 50% cost savings
  • Up to 70% reduction in antibiotic use
  • Healthier cows
  • Control over clinical mastitis

Simple & Fast

Easy to Use
  • Results you can understand yourself directly
  • Results within 24hr for quick decisions
  • No complicated and costly outside interventions
  • Powerful & independent lab, always available
  • 7 day/week dedicated support team

Accurate & Comprehensive

Get all the information you need
  • Check-Up identifies more mastitis causing pathogens than any other test
  • Provides antibiotic resistance information
  • Reduce antibiotic use
Pathogens List:

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • E coli
  • Strep uberis
  • CNS or NAS
  • Strep dysgalactiae

Even tricky ones

  • Nocardia
  • Prototheca
  • Yeast

Money Saver, More Effective, Antimicrobial Stewardship

Calculate your direct cost savings
Number of clinical cows ?
Cows
Check-up® test unit cost?
$
Treatment cost (per course) ?
$
Clinical cases requiring treatment?
%
Clinical cases typically treated?
%
With Check-up®?
Without Testing?
Diagnostic cost
$220$0
Animal treated
3 Cows9 Cows
Treatment cost
$450$220
Total Cost
$673$1359
Check-up® Savings

67%

Less Antibiotic Use

%
$

24/7 Power in your hands

CHECK-UP PROCESS

1.
Identify Mastitis Cow
  • Visual
  • Abnormal milk
  • High SCC
  • RMT/CMTs
2.
Sample Milk
  • Easy sampling process: Take a milk sample from any positive quarter(s)
3.
Test
  • Test milk sample and place in incubator for 24 hours
4.
Read your results
  • Interpret your results directly at the farm with the easy-to-use Check-up reference manual
5.
Take Action

Now that you know what is going on, make strategic decisions:

  • Care for your animal in accordance with your veterinary protocol
  • Address root causes
Enjoy your results
  • Healthier cows
  • for less cost
  • using less antibiotic treatments

If your number of mastitis cases are continually high, we recommend you do a Snapshot test to further assess the origin of your issues.

7 day / Week Farm Medix Support

  • No time, or any doubts about interpretation or results?
  • We will review your tests and tell you what your results are.
  • Our dedicated support specialists are always available when you need them.

All in one Kit, Easy to use

Check-up Starter Kit

Everything you need to set up your on-farm lab

  • Large Capacity Incubator (40 tests at once)
  • Reference guide and posters
  • Check-up box (10 tests)
Check-up Tutorial Video

Why choose Farm medix

Years of successful turnarounds and continuous improvements

Andrew Hardie & Helen Long

New Zealand

430 cows, Pasture - Conventional

  • Snapshot
  • Herdscreen

350K SSC, 2 years creeping up

High Sub-clinical Staph aureus

Segregation, No Culling, CM testing

Cows were segregated (Not culled).  OAD for Staph and Penicillin Cows.
Proactive on going testing of clinical cases.
Problem managed- recommendations around SOP’s and milking routines adopted including culturing new cases to remain vigilant.

Rob Rolston

New Zealand

800 cows, Pasture - Conventional

  • Snapshot

6 weeks of grading, SCC: 400-500K

Major influence of environmental markers

SOP’s and milking routines

Recommendations around SOP’s and milking routines adopted.

Richard Colebrook

New Zealand

900 cows, Pasture - Conventional

  • Snapshot

250 cases of Mastitis in 6 weeks. Max SCC 340K.

High level of environmental markers

SOP’s and milking routines

SOP’s and milking routines

Cows with high SCC from the last (emergency) herd test were cultured rather than culled.

Recommended practical measures were put into place.

Craig Jopp

New Zealand

750 cows, Pasture - Conventional

  • Snapshot

Unexplained spike in SCC

High levels of environmental & opportunistic markers

Teat spraying procedure

Reverted to hand spraying cows at cups off.

Andrew Hardie & Helen Long

New Zealand

430 cows, Pasture - Conventional

  • Snapshot
  • Herdscreen

350K SSC, 2 years creeping up

High Sub-clinical Staph aureus

Segregation, No Culling, CM testing

Cows were segregated (Not culled).  OAD for Staph and Penicillin Cows.
Proactive on going testing of clinical cases.
Problem managed- recommendations around SOP’s and milking routines adopted including culturing new cases to remain vigilant.