EXHIBIT 23.1




    INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



    We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration
    Statement Nos. 33-53335 and 33-53337 of Bio-Rad Laboratories,
    Inc. and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our reports dated
    March 10, 2004, relating to the consolidated financial statements
    of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. as of and for the years ended
    December 31, 2003 and 2002 (which reports express unqualified
    opinions and include explanatory paragraphs as to the Company's
    change in its method of accounting for goodwill and intangible
    assets and to the application of procedures relating to certain
    disclosures of financial statement amounts related to the 2001
    financial statements that were audited by other auditors who have
    ceased operations and for which we have expressed no opinion or
    other form of assurance other than with respect to such
    disclosures) appearing in and incorporated by reference in the
    Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. for the
    year ended December 31, 2003.





    /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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    San Francisco, California
    March 12, 2004

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