Mixed Sprague Dawley Sheep Mixed Mixed Mixed Pel-Freez obtains the rabbit, rat, and mouse from its own processing plants. The other animal species are obtained from qualified suppliers. General specifications for the animals used as sources are contained in the above table. If your research requires specially defined animals, we will certainly attempt to locate a source and provide the specialized blood or tissue needed. Space does not allow a full description of every precise specification.
Broad terminology is used for simplicity and ease of reading.
Our customer service personnel have our Quality Assurance specifications, method of collection, animal data, and freezing and packaging standards. His original work utilized a tissue extract derived from rabbit brains which triggered recalcified patient plasma to clot in the laboratory. The length of time for a visible clot to occur was a measure of the coagulation status of the patient. Initially, the test was used to diagnose hemophiliacs or monitor the status of liver disease patients. Over the last couple of decades, the test has also been used as a therapeutic drug monitoring test for individually dosing stroke and cardiac patients with coomadin and other anti-coagulants.