Mitochondrial markers for the detection of four duck species and the specific identification of Muscovy duck in meat mixtures using the polymerase chain reaction |
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Authors: | Martín Irene García Teresa Fajardo Violeta López-Calleja Inés Rojas María Hernández Pablo E González Isabel Martín Rosario |
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Affiliation: | aDepartamento de Nutrición, Bromatología y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the qualitative detection of four duck species in meat mixtures, and a second PCR assay for the specific identification of Muscovy duck, have been developed based on oligonucleotide primers targeting the 12S rRNA mitochondrial gene. The specificity of both assays was tested against a wide range of animal species. The technique was applied to raw and sterilized muscular binary mixtures, with a detection limit that ranged from 0.1% to 1.0% (w/w). The short length (less than 100 bp) of the DNA fragments amplified with these primer pairs was found to be essential for the successful amplification in samples with highly degraded DNA, and consequently, it could be very useful in inspection programmes to enforce labelling regulation of heat and pressure-processed products, for which other methods cannot be applied. |
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Keywords: | 12S rRNA gene Polymerase chain reaction Duck species detection and identification Muscovy duck |
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