Real-time PCR for quantitative detection of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) and pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica) in meat mixtures

J AOAC Int. 2008 Jan-Feb;91(1):103-11.

Abstract

A real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was developed for the quantification of chamois and pyrenean ibex DNAs in meat mixtures by using a SYBR green detection platform. Two species-specific systems and a eukaryotic endogenous system were combined in the real-time PCR approach to quantify the target species. In the specific systems, a 133 base pair (bp) fragment of the 12S rRNA gene was amplified from chamois DNA, and an 88 bp fragment from the D-loop region was amplified from pyrenean ibex DNA. In the endogenous system, universal primers amplified a 141 bp fragment on the nuclear 18S rRNA gene from eukaryotic DNA. The threshold cycle values obtained with the 18S rRNA primers were used to normalize those obtained from chamois- or pyrenean ibex-specific systems, serving as endogenous control for the total content of PCR-amplifiable DNA in the sample. Analysis of experimental raw and heat-treated binary mixtures of chamois and pyrenean ibex meat in a swine meat matrix demonstrated the suitability of the assay for the detection and quantification of the target DNAs in the range of 0.1-0.8%, depending on the species and treatment of the meat samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Goats / genetics*
  • Meat*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Rupicapra / genetics*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity