Blood sampling

Bloods are collected from the tail of each cow on the trial. Once returned to the laboratory, tubes which contain the bloods are weighted evenly and placed into a sorting machine called Centrifuge. Here the blood and serum are separated. From this I can then remove the serum content, place in a new tube the place in the freezer until testing.

Blood samples are weighted evenly before placing in Centrifuge as imbalance may affect the splitting of blood and serum .
Centrifuge
Post Centrifuge – blood at the bottom of tube, serum at the top