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Antibody Production Services: Probetex offers contract antibody production in sheep. Antibodies are raised in 1 yr old female Suffolk blackface sheep. The company offers a complete service including pre-bleed, immunizations, production bleeds and a final bleed. The customer may request sera or plasma. Subsequent purification of IgG (ammonium sulfate precipitation) is also offered by Probetex. The company's animal facility adheres to the guidelines of the Animal Welfare Act and is registered as a class "R" Research facility and Class B dealer, inspected and licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture. Antibody Production Schedule

Histology Services: Probetex offers paraffin embedding, sectioning and staining for many routine histology stains including H&E, PAS, Trichrome, Silver and a variety of other special stains. All paraffin histology is performed by HT (ASCP) certified personnel. The company also offers frozen section histology and immunohistochemistry services. j j j j j j Histology Price List

Contract Research Services: Probetex Inc. will provide contract services to carry out experiments in rats with renal disease using the company's reagents or substances supplied by the client. To determine efficacy of drug interference with development of renal disease, Probetex will produce disease with the anti-Thy-1, anti-GBM, anti-Fx1A antibodies, streptozotocin etc and examine therapeutic interventions using substances provided by the client, Blood and kidney tissue will be obtained, processed and analyzed by Probetex or sent directly to the client. Services include renal function tests (creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, urine protein) tissue processing for paraffin embedment and staining (H&E, PAS, etc) fresh frozen for immunohistochemistry, tissue products for Western analysis, and Northern analysis. Projects are custom assembled to meet the customer's requirements. 
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Research Protocols: Probetex offers free of charge protocols for the use of all antibody products and custom antibody services.
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