"animal sera"

Supplier: Biowest

Goat serum is a blood derived product collected from healthy non immunised animals.

Supplier: Biowest

Horse serum asceptically collected from healthy animals. Used as a blocking agent or as a control for immunoassays.

Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)

Newborn bovine calf serum is a cost-effective alternative to foetal bovine serum (FBS). The serum is sourced from animals that are typically less than 10 days old.

Supplier: Biowest

Donor horse serum is aseptically collected from herds of healthy animals inspected periodically by a licensed veterinarian. Applications for donor horse serum include mycoplasma contamination tests carried out on media, blocking agent and controls in immunoassays, culture of PC12 cells when combined with FBS.

Supplier: VWR Seradigm

Ultimate grade FBS offers the ultimate in product quality and viral safety, undergoing additional BVD virus testing using qPCR technology. Premium grade FBS is widely used by cell culturists requiring high quality, high performance FBS for a wide variety of applications.

Supplier: Rockland Immunochemicals

Complement reagents are prepared from healthy, non-medicated animals using very large pools to reduce lot-to-lot variability. The fresh frozen complement is rapidly processed and maintained at –70 °C to ensure maximum activity. The lyophilised complement is supplied with a diluent of veronal buffered saline containing optimal concentrations of magnesium and calcium.

Supplier: HyClone products (Cytiva)

The animals are fed an enriched diet to ensure proper nutrition and are fasted prior to bleeding to reduce lipid concentration. The horses are bled in an enclosed facility that is specially equipped for aseptic collection. Coggins tests for equine infectious anemia are routinely performed on each horse.

Supplier: E AND O LABORATORIES

E&O's farm division holds a Home Office Project Licence for the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to harvest and process sterile animal blood products. All Animal technicians hold personal licences and three farms are licensed designated areas.

Supplier: Merck

Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin, which is commonly produced by fungi Aspergillus ochraceus and Penicillium verrucosum in improperly stored food products of plant origin, edible animal tissues, human blood sera and tissues.

Supplier: Biowest

FreeAdd 1X is a fully chemically defined substitute for animal serum. It provides the necessary nutritional support for cell growth, development and expression. It has been tested on a variety of cells and can be used in combination with basal medium to generate equal or even better cell culture performance.

Supplier: Abcam

Protein block is a serum-free blocking buffer designed to reduce non-specific background staining in IHC, ELISA, and western blot (WB). - Cited in over 90 publications - No need to match species for secondary antibodies, reducing animal serum handling - Ready-to-use – no mixing or dilution required

Supplier: Biowest

Donkey serum may be used as a blocking agent and controls in immunoassays. For immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry, donkey serum was used between 5 to 20% as a blocking agent in various studies.

Supplier: Biowest

Feline serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Feline serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.

Supplier: Stemcell Technologies

Serum-free and animal component-free supplement for expansion of NK cells.

Supplier: Biowest

Dog serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Dog serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.

Supplier: Biowest

Rat serum is the liquid fraction of whole blood that is collected after the blood is allowed to clot; it is the blood plasma with the fibrinogens removed. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances. Rat serum is used as a blocking agent in immunoassays and controls.