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Christmas Deliveries of Chick, Guinea Pig and Rabbit Blood

There will be no despatches of the small animal blood products during week commencing 25th December.

If you have an order that would be due for despatch during this week we will send this out week commencing 18th December.

Despatch of these items will resume week commencing 1st January but may be a little later due to the Bank Holiday for New Year's Day.

Our offices will close at 1pm on Friday 22^nd December until 8.30am on Wednesday 27^th December and will close again from 1pm Friday 29^th December until 8.30am on Tuesday 2^nd January.

Thank you for your custom and support during this year. On behalf of everyone at TCS Biosciences Ltd I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

For Christmas delivery information of other products, click here

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Nov 2023

Christmas Deliveries 2023

Please see the details of our plan for the despatch of orders over the Christmas period.

If you wish to make alternative arrangements, cancel or change your order during this period, please let us know by latest Monday 4^th December.

If we do not hear from you by this date with any changes, your order will be despatched as per the schedule below.

Direct Dial to Sales and Customer Services:

Tel: 01296 711250

Fax: 01296 714806

Email: sales@tcsgroup.co.uk

Week commencing 11^th December 2023:

Orders due for delivery this week will be despatched as normal.

Week commencing 18^th December 2023:

All orders due for delivery this week will be despatched by Wednesday 13^th December.

Week commencing 25^th December 2023:

All orders due for delivery this week will be despatched on Tuesday 19^th December.

Normal deliveries will resume from Tuesday 2^nd January 2024.

Our offices will close at 1pm on Friday 22^nd December until 8.30am on Wednesday 27^th December and will close again from 1pm Friday 29^th December until 8.30am on Tuesday 2^nd January.

Thank you for your custom and support during this year. On behalf of everyone at TCS Biosciences Ltd I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

For Christmas delivery information of small animal blood products, click here

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Nov 2023

Christmas Deliveries 2021

Please find below details for planned despatch of orders over the Christmas period.

If you wish to make alternative arrangements, cancel or change your order during this period, please let us know by latest Monday 13^th December.

Direct Dial to Sales and Customer Services:

Tel: 01296 711250

Email: sales@tcsgroup.co.uk

Week commencing 13^th December 2021:

Orders due for delivery this week will be despatched as normal.

Week commencing 20^th December 2021:

All orders due for delivery this week will be despatched by Wednesday 15^th December.

Week commencing 27^th December 2021:

All orders due for delivery this week will be despatched on Monday 20^th December.

Please note if your amendment is not received by the requested time we may not be able to meet your requirement.

Normal deliveries will resume from Tuesday 4^th January 2022.

Our offices will close at 5pm on Thursday 23^rd December until 8.30am on Wednesday 29^th December and will close again from 5pm Thursday 30^th December until 8.30am on Tuesday 4^th January.

Thank you for your custom and support during this year. On behalf of everyone at TCS Biosciences Ltd I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Dec 2021

New Product: Isolate Cryptosporidium IMS

Until recently, the manual immunomagnetic separation (IMS) procedure was the only step in the DWI approved Cryptosporidium method which had not been improved. TCS Water Sciences has now developed a semi automated IMS system, Isolate^®, based on a kit developed by ImmuCell Corporation, USA.

Isolate^® is a unique product offering semi automated immunomagnetic separation (IMS) of Cryptosporidium oocysts in environmental water samples. Isolate^® is able to process pellets of up to 2 ml in volume, significantly reducing the need for split samples, and yields good recoveries even in dirty water samples. The automation of the Isolate^® test standardises the rocking motion, eliminating human error and achieving improved consistency and reliability of results.

Cryptosporidium oocysts in the concentrate are captured and separated by magnetic action. Separated oocysts are stained with an approved FITC antibody stain, and visualised by fluorescence microscopy.

TCS Water Sciences compliments the Isolate^® Cryptosporidium test by offering a range of high quality Cryptosporidium testing products; our expertise in the field of Cryptosporidium enables us to offer you technical support and advice. TCS offers exceptional levels of customer service to ensure you get what you want when you want it.

The following table shows the results of a study which compared the Isolate^® system with a manual IMS test. Isolate^® achieved considerably improved results with increased recovery of Cryptosporidium, and greater consistency, evidenced by the narrower data ranges. The results highlight the sensitivity of the manual method to operator technique and thus the superiority of automation.

Percentage recovery of Cryptosporidium from an upland treated water sample.
	Manual IMS		*Isolate^®*
Packed Pellet	0.5ml	1ml	0.5ml	1ml
Mean (n = 10)	49.7	48.4	83.7	80.4
Range	30-82	17-91	72-92	62-89
Percentage recovery of Cryptosporidium from a river water sample.
	Manual IMS		*Isolate^®*
Packed Pellet	0.5ml	1ml	0.5ml	1ml
Mean (n = 10)	54.2	30.0	68.1	75.4
Range	45-66	25-41	60-85	58-87

Materials supplied by TCS Water Sciences:

Isolate^® Cryptosporidium 100 Test Kit (ZAICS100)
Isolate^® Rotator Disc and Hub (ZAICS2)
Incu-Clip (ZAICS3), Magna-Clip (ZAICS4), Micro-Clip (ZAICS5)
Dissociation Block (ZAICS8)
Variable speed rotator (ZAICSI)
Glass Leighton tubes (ZAICS6)

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Jan 1970

15 Minute Cryptosporidium Antibody

New, from Cellabs, Cryptosporidium IFA 15 Minute stain.

High-definition monoclonal diagnostic test for rapid detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in human faecal samples as well as water and sewage samples.

Cellabs are specialists in waterborne infections and are pleased to introduce this high performance diagnostic kit which enables the rapid detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts. The monoclonal antibody reacts specifically with the oocyst cell wall to give a clearly defined morphology, making accurate diagnosis possible.