Sheep Blood Agar Plate (Soybean Casein Digest Base) – Ready-to-Use

The Sheep Blood Agar Plate is a highly nutritious medium used for the isolation, cultivation, and differentiation of fastidious pathogenic organisms, especially from clinical samples. It is composed of Soybean Casein Digest Agar enriched with 5% sterile defibrinated sheep blood, allowing for clear visualization of alpha, beta, and gamma hemolysis.

It is a gold standard in clinical microbiology for testing respiratory pathogens (e.g. Streptococcus spp.), wound infections, and general bacterial isolation. These plates are pre-poured, gamma-irradiated, and sealed to maintain sterility and consistency.

Key Features

• Pre-poured and sterile; ready for immediate use

• Enriched with 5% sheep blood

• Supports the growth of fastidious organisms

• Differentiates hemolytic reactions (α, β, γ)

• Prepared under ISO-certified conditions

• Clear, smooth surface for streaking and colony observation

• Triple-packed to ensure sterility and longer shelf life

Specifications

• Plate Type: 90 mm standard Petri dish

• Base: Soybean Casein Digest Agar

• Supplement: 5% Defibrinated Sheep Blood

• Appearance: Opaque red surface

• Storage: 2–8°C

• Shelf Life: 2–3 weeks from manufacturing

• Packaging: Sterile packs of 5, 10, or 20 plates

• Sterilization: Gamma-irradiated

Applications

• Clinical diagnostics (throat swabs, wound cultures, etc.)

• Hemolysis detection

• Fastidious bacterial isolation

• Veterinary microbiology

• Educational microbiology labs