New Born Calf Serum - Sterile Filtered 0.2 µm
Specifications:
 
  Parameter Specification
1 Pack size 100 mL and 500 mL in PETG ‘Nalgene Bottles’
2 Overpack configuration Samples as individual bottles
Carton packs (Production lots)
6 x 100 mL or 20 x 500 mL
3 Expiry date Not stated
4 Filteration Sterile filtered to Triple 0.2 µm filteration
5 Sterility No bacterial of Fungal growth detected after 14 incubation (BP Sterility Testing Appendix XVIa)
6
Mycoplasma
Not detected
7 Virus
BVD
Not detected
IBR
P13
8 Endotoxin Less than 10 EU/mL
9 pH 6.9 to 8.5
10 Osmoiality 240 to 340 mOsm/Kg
11 Haemoglobin Less than 25 mg/dL
12 Total protein Greater than 45 g/L
13 Retention samples 3 x 100 mL samples in 100 mL PETG bottles
14 Storage Freezer below –10 °C

New Born Calf Serum is obtained from animals which were of New Zealand origin and were processed in premises pursuant to the Meat Act 1981 or approved by the Food Safety Authority. It is produced in accordance with New Zealand law. The cows from which the co-products were derived passed ante- and post-mortem FSA Verification Agency veterinary inspection.

African horse sickness, African swine fever, anthrax, avian influenza (fowl plague), bluetongue disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis, classical swine fever (hog cholera), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, foot and mouth disease, glanders, lumpy skin disease, Newcastle disease (with the exception of an asymptomatic lentogenic strain), peste des petites ruminants, rabies, Rift Valley fever, rinderpest, scrapie, sheep and goat pox, swine vesicular disease and vesicular stomatitis do not occur in New Zealand.

The importation into New Zealand of ruminant meat, bone meal and blood meal for use in stock foods is prohibited.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

   

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