Surra is a trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma evansi. It is the most widely geographically distributed hemoprotozoan parasite. T. evansi affects domestic animals such as camels, horses, cattles, buffaloes, small ruminants and dogs. It is mechanically transmitted by hemophagus flies, such as tabanus or Stomoxys. Wild animals can act as reservoir hosts. Surra causes severe anemia, edema, various nerological disorders resulting into death of infected animals, and immunodeficiencies leading to increased susceptibility to other diseases or vaccination failure. A serological test provides the most sensitive way to detect the infection, especially in chronic cases, with healthy carriers or when the parasitemia is low. The Surra Sero K-SeT is the first rapid diagnostic test for the detection of antibodies specific to Trypanosoma evansi in animal whole blood or serum. Fast and accurate, it is suitable for laboratories as well as field testing and requires minimal sample handling.

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Three scalable hematology systems, the ADVIA 360 System, ADVIA 560 System, and ADVIA 560 AL System, offer state-of-the-art hematology testing capabilities for small to mid-sized laboratories and may also be used as back-up systems for larger laboratories. Engineered for safety and ease-of-operation, the ADVIA hematology systems help optimize and manage workflow through several convenient features, such as the choice of open- or closed-tube sampling and customizable result printing. Automatic anti-clogging and cleaning procedures are employed to ensure results reliability. Along with automated maintenance, this reduces manual procedures and bio-hazard exposure. The systems offer fast, high quality CBC testing, running up to 60 samples per hour. Other system features include: the option for manual or automatic calibration procedures, a cap-piercing function for accurate and safer sampling, a multilingual operating menu and bidirectional LIS communication for easy patient data transfer between laboratories and minimized paper-based work lists. These lower capacity systems address major differences in hematology testing volumes from laboratory to laboratory and network to network. With a compact footprint, the ADVIA 360 System allows smaller laboratories to efficiently generate reliable and accurate results while conserving precious benchtop space. This system provides a three-part white cell differential and storage capacity for 10,000 results. An integrated ticket printer streamlines results reporting. The ADVIA 560 System can serve as the primary hematology analyzer in small to mid-sized laboratories and as a backup for the company’s ADVIA 2120i System in larger laboratories. It provides a five-part white cell differential and storage capacity of 100,000 results. Also, two scattergrams and two histograms per result help aid interpreting disease-state information. The ADVIA 560 AL System offers automatic sampling with an optional autoloader that simply plugs into the side of the system for even greater workflow efficiency and true “walk-away” capability.
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The family of Coagulyzer instruments provides flexible solutions for the hemostasis laboratory. From the spacesaving Coagulyzer 1, a single channel instrument suited for a GP’s office to the Coagulyzer 100, a compact fully automated system ideal for a mid-volume laboratory, the line offers compact stand-alone systems which have been designed with a clear focus on being user friendly, reliable and cost effective. The four analysers combine the advantages of mechanical and photo-optical clot detection in the turbodensitometric measuring principle. For the routine assays PT, APTT and Fibrinogen, Analyticon offers a complete system with reagents, controls and calibrators. The recombinant PT is a state-of-the-art, liquid-stable reagent offering easy and safe handling of the reagent. In addition, it is formulated to be insensitive to therapeutic levels of heparin. Meeting the demands for precise and reliable results the Coagulyzer line of analysers and reagents provides robustness, reliability and ease-of-use.
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The Allegra X-5 air-cooled benchtop centrifuge from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is designed specifically for clinical sample preparation. As the latest member of the Allegra suite of benchtop centrifuges, the unit offers performance, reliability and endurance under exacting circumstances. Bundled packages, which include swinging bucket rotors and common adapters, enable fast and convenient setup, are offered for a range of clinical sample prep applications, and make it easy to order these energy efficient units. Throughput and productivity are enhanced through seamless integration with the Beckman Coulter Automate 2500 family of sample processing systems.  Furthermore, the company’s UniCel DxC and UniCel DxI sample racks can be spun directly in the centrifuge, eliminating transfer steps. A small footprint allows the unit to fit comfortably on the benchtop, while still providing capacity for up to 140 blood collection tubes.  Maximum speed of 4700 rpm and centrifugal force of up to 4470 x g shortens run times.

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Entirely of human origin for in vitro cell culture applications, Lysex enables selection, expansion and differentiation of human primary cell cultures, such as adult and fetal mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), skin fibroblasts, articular chondrocytes, osteoblasts, adipose-derived cells. It enhances cell proliferation, maintaining the differentiation potential in cells otherwise difficult to expand in culture such as articular chondrocytes from elderly donors and allows culture of cells in a xeno-free environment (as it completely eliminates the need of fetal bovine serum). The fully standardized and lyophilized two-component system allows easy optimization of culture conditions for any cell type directly by the user.
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