Growth of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Dispersed Tissue Cells: I. Methods of Production

Methods are described for rapid and economical production of large quantities of foot-and-mouth disease virus in stationary cultures of trypsin-dispersed bovine kidney cells in a simple medium. Yields of between 10⁷ and 10⁸ plaque-forming units per milliliter were obtained from serum-free cultures containing approximately a million and a half viable trypsin-dispersed cells per milliliter.

Some of the advantages and disadvantages of these methods of virus production are discussed.