We recognise the important role played by serum in the manufacture of safe, high quality products.
As part of the surveillance system to ensure biological safety of such products, regulatory controls are applied to serum, paying attention to every step from raw material collection to final testing of the finished product.
Thorough biological testing is necessary to assure performance and to eliminate potential biological hazards.
Tissue culture scientists need to have complete confidence that the serum they use meets their specific needs, and that properly validated procedures have been used to demonstrate this. It is therefore important that all operations from the animal to the finished product are quality controlled and fully documented.
Animal Welfare
Careful selection, free-range conditions, extensive good pasture and stringent veterinary supervision ensures healthy stock. Blood collection is carried out in stress-free conditions by qualified, trained personnel in accordance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Veterinary health certificates are available upon request.
Our 400 hectare farm is divided into several sites, each fully equipped for blood collection. Horses have been screened for viruses and other pathogens before admission to donor herds, each of which is isolated from other stock and used exclusively for blood donation. The system ensures rigorous control of the health of our animals.
Consistent Quality
We maintain high quality standards in all aspects of serum production from animal husbandry, through collection to processing and packaging to ensure consistent top quality products. We recognise that traceability is of prime importance to our customers, and we are renowned for the quality of our documentation trail and our rapid response to specialist customer requirements
With over 50 years’ experience in the manufacture and distribution of laboratory reagents, test kits and quality control reagents, TCS Biosciences Ltd are proud to be Europe’s leading provider of high quality solutions that are utilised across a broad range of applications.
Widely recognised as Europe’s foremost supplier of animal blood and sera for microbiological use, our company is a prominent player in the UK water industry as well as the European pharmaceutical market. We are committed to the needs of our customers and strive to exceed their expectations.
Some of the products and services we provide here at TCS include Bovine Serum Albumin, Donor Bovine Serum, Fetal Calf Serum, Human Serum and Plasma, Accu-Bac Quantitative Micro-Organisms, Cardinal Biologicals, Donor Animal Blood, Newborn Calf Serum, Selectrol, Human Platelet Lysate, Affinity Chromatography, Colloidal Gold, Dyes and Stains, Histopathology, Sample Collection, Colikat-Rapid, Gonochek, Serology Reagents, Crypto-Cel FITC, Giardia-Cel FITC, EasySeed, Oocysts & Cysts, ColorSeed, EasyStain, TECTA Automated Microbiology Detection System and more.
Here at TCS Biosciences, we cater primarily to the pharmaceutical, clinical, food and water industries, working with a vast array of customers throughout the UK and Europe. We employ a team of experienced and knowledgeable professionals who take great pride in their work and will ensure clients that their project will be dealt with as effectively as possible.
Whether clients are looking for animal blood products, diagnostic kits, dyes and stains, serums and plasmas, microbiological media or histology, our company is more than happy to assist.
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