One interesting area in which the technology has found utility is that of bovine mastitis, where the MALDI Biotyper increases both speed and accuracy of mastitis diagnosis. It is, for example, possible to significantly improve and facilitate the identification and differentiation of mastitis associated Streptococcus ssp. and related species. The ability of the system to study subspecies and strains could provide a useful tool for studying potential outbreaks and transmission pathways and could have a significant impact on the disease and treatment.
The MBT Compass® reference library currently contains 7,311 reference spectra of 2,509 species from 433 bacteria and fungi genera, including veterinary organisms such as Enterococci as well as less common species such as Brachyspira, Prototheca and Mycoplasma. The library is continuously maintained and updated according to strict quality controlled procedures.