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Foreign meat identification by DNA breed assignment for the Chinese market.
Meat science - 1 Dec 2014
Rogberg-Muñoz A, Wei S, Ripoli M V, Guo B L, Carino M H, Castillo N, Villegas Castagnaso E E, Lirón J P, Morales Durand H F, Melucci L, Villarreal E, Peral-García P, Wei Y M, Giovambattista G
Abstract excerpt
Methods for individual identification are usually employed for traceability, whereas breed identification is useful to detect commercial frauds. In this study, Chinese Yellow Cattle (CYC) samples plus data from six Bos taurus breeds, two Bos indicus breeds, and one composite breed were used to develop an allocation test based on 22 microsatellites. The test allowed discriminating all foreign breeds from the CYC,...
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