FETAX The escalating expense and time required to evaluate ecological hazards, whether they be complex environmental mixtures or pure chemical products, warrants the wide-spread use of less expensive alternative toxicity test systems. The Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay - Xenopus (FETAX) is one such...

Watch for these new publications in press soon. DJ Fort. Effect of Boron Deficiency on Early Gene Expression in Xenopus laevis . Biol. Trace Elem. Res., in press. DJ Fort, RL Rogers, PD Guiney, and JA Weeks. Inhibition of Germinal Vesicle Breakdown (GVBD) in Xenopus Oocytes in Vitro by a Series of S...

Full and Partial Lifecycle Amphibian Toxicity Assay We are currently developing and validating a standard protocol of evaluating reproductive toxicity in Xenopus . The current protocol entails a 30-45 day exposure or dosing period following super-ovulation, followed by a full reproductive work-up wh...

Fort Environmental Laboratories is an environmental toxicology laboratory and consulting firm specializing in study of amphibians, reptiles, and fish. Co-founded by Dr. Douglas (Doug) and Deanne Fort, FEL is the only commercial laboratory in the U.S. to use amphibians and reptilian species as indica...