Bacteria, fungi and anaerobes affect domesticated and wild animals and cause microbial diseases. The Veterinary section is concerned with such diseases of living in captivity. The infections are of interest as their interrelation is with humans (zoonoses) and/or domestic animals.
Products of HiMedia range from media for bacteria, fungi to anaerobes, which are useful in the Veterinary. Our Ready Prepared along with Powdered Media for transportation provides a secure and easy to handle way of transporting samples for distances (long or short). Our products which are as powdered media, are available in both versions i.e. animal and vegetable based peptones and hastens the growth of microorganisms, thereby helping in their perfect isolation.
Media for Anaerobes
HiMedia offers multiple Media for anaerobes. Anaerobes such as Clostridium spp. and others are responsible for various diseases in veterinary animals. Media offered by HiMedia include Reinforced Clostridial Agar, SPS agar or Anaerobic Thioglycollate Medium Base which are used for their isolation and cultivation.
Media for Brucella
The product catalogue of HiMedia includes a wide variety of media for enrichment, selective isolation and cultivation for Brucella species, in both forms i.e. animal based and vegetable based peptones. We provide media such as Brucella Agar Base, Eugonic Broth or Columbia Blood Agar Base for Veterinary.
Media for Enterobacteriaceae
HiMedia has designed special media for Lactose Fermenters (Lactose Fermenters are the members of Enterobacteriaceae which have the ability to ferment lactose). Our media include EMB agar, Litmus Lactose Agar, MacConkey Sorbitol Agar Base and for Lactose Non-Fermenters such as Hektoen Enteric Agar, SS Agar, Deoxycholate Citrate Agar etc.
Media for Salmonella-Shigella
During the export of human-habituated mountain Gorillas, risk of anthropozoonotic transmission of Salmonella-Shigella pathogens is a grave concern. The products offered by HiMedia for identification, isolation and cultivation of these enteropathogens include Bismuth Sulphite Agar, SS Agar, Selenite Broth etc.
Media for Staphylococci
Media for Staphylococci include Baird Parker Agar Base, Mannitol Salt Agar Base, Standard Staphylococcus Broth etc. Our media helps in the detection of this Gram positive cocci Bacterium which exists as part of normal cutaneous flora of mammals and when the skins natural defense mechanism disrupts it causes infection which may be deep, superficial or on surface.