Fetal Bovine Serum

The Use of Fetal Bovine Serum: Ethical or Scientific Problem

Captured 2023-03-08
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Fetal bovine serum (FBS)… is harvested from bovine fetuses taken from pregnant cows during slaughter.

FBS is commonly harvested by means of a cardiac puncture without any form of anaesthesia.

Fetuses are probably exposed to pain and/or discomfort, so the current practice of fetal blood harvesting is inhumane.

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