Restriction site analysis of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) products of cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA was applied to identify species in meat meal and animal feedstuffs. PCR was used to amplify a variable region of cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA gene. Species differentiation was determined by digestion of the obtained 359 bp amplicon with restriction enzymes, which generated species-specific electrophoresis patterns; the sequencing of PCR products was used as confirming analysis. PCR-RFLP analysis revealed the presence of meat meal in animal feedstuffs and distinguished species of interest. The results supported the application of the method in control measures which should be adopted for meat-meal-based animal feed, as suggested by EU law. As a technical improvement, to simplify the analysis, the number of enzymes presented in this study for the detection of different species was smaller than others described in the literature; discrimination between ruminant and nonruminant species and between mammalian and poultry species was possible with few digestions.

Identification of species in animal feedstuffs by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of mitochondrial DNA / F. Bellagamba, V.M. Moretti, S. Comincini, F. Valfrè. - In: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-8561. - 49:8(2001), pp. 3775-3781.

Identification of species in animal feedstuffs by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of mitochondrial DNA

F. Bellagamba
Primo
;
V.M. Moretti
Secondo
;
F. Valfrè
Ultimo
2001

Abstract

Restriction site analysis of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) products of cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA was applied to identify species in meat meal and animal feedstuffs. PCR was used to amplify a variable region of cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA gene. Species differentiation was determined by digestion of the obtained 359 bp amplicon with restriction enzymes, which generated species-specific electrophoresis patterns; the sequencing of PCR products was used as confirming analysis. PCR-RFLP analysis revealed the presence of meat meal in animal feedstuffs and distinguished species of interest. The results supported the application of the method in control measures which should be adopted for meat-meal-based animal feed, as suggested by EU law. As a technical improvement, to simplify the analysis, the number of enzymes presented in this study for the detection of different species was smaller than others described in the literature; discrimination between ruminant and nonruminant species and between mammalian and poultry species was possible with few digestions.
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2001
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