Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) - A pain in the dish?

Jan van der Valk; Gerhard Gstraunthaler

doi:10.1177/026119291704500611

Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) - A pain in the dish?

Altern Lab Anim. 2017 Dec;45(6):329-332. doi: 10.1177/026119291704500611.

Authors

Jan van der Valk¹, Gerhard Gstraunthaler²

Affiliations

¹ The 3Rs-Centre Utrecht Life Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Division of Physiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

PMID: 29313704
DOI: 10.1177/026119291704500611

Abstract

The use of Fetal Bovine Serum in replacement alternative methods is associated with serious animal welfare concerns, as well as worrying reproducibility issues.

2017 FRAME.

MeSH terms

Animal Testing Alternatives
Animal Welfare
Animals
Cattle / blood*
Cell Culture Techniques
Ethics
Female
Fetal Blood
Pain
Pregnancy