Bovine Serum, Newborn Calf Serum

Newborn calf serum is extracted from good and healthy bovine calves which have an age of around 13 to 14 days. The sample is extracted very carefully and under strict observation. Being comparatively cheaper, it is used as an alternative to Fetal Bovine Serum.

Benefits:

• Cheaper than Fetal Bovine Serum in general.
• Contains high level of proteins.
• Available easily
• Can be used for research purposes as well as diagnostic purposes
• More effective
• Good results are generated

Why Use Newborn Calf Serum?

Newborn Calf serum is used when you need to routinely maintain the selected cell lines and where reduced amount of antibodies are not critical.

Protocol

Bovine serum is the blood sample that remains after natural blood clotting and removes all remaining red blood cells by centrifugation. Newborn calf serum is the blood sample that is extracted from healthy bovine calves which are under 13 days of age.

Ordering Information

You can easily order it online.

Newborn calf serum v Fetal Bovine serum

NBS is cheaper and has higher rates of protein whereas FBS is expensive and provides with collective nutrients.

Donor Calf Serum

This serum is developed from animals aged a year or older.