Application of PCR and SYBR Green Q Rti-PCR Assays for the Identification and Quantification of Chicken Meat Under Different Cooking Conditions

Abstract

Conventional and SYBR Green Q Rti-PCR assays using primers targeting the 12S rRNA of chicken mitochondrial genes were employed for the detection and quantification of chicken used in food stuffs. The assays were recruited to amplify different known concentrations of DNA in the mixtures. Different kinds of processed meats were prepared using various amounts of chicken that were heated at different temperatures in order to detect the chicken in the mixtures. The PCR amplification of DNA revealed that the assay can amplify the species-specific amplicons as little as 0.01 ng of DNA in PCR reactions. Different concentrations of raw chicken were detected based on the threshold cycle. The technique was able to detect from 5% to 90% ratios of the chicken materials in sausages. Analysis of the experimental meat mixtures revealed the usefulness of the assays in detecting and quantifying chicken mitochondrial DNA in the mixtures.

Keywords:

• chicken meat
• SYBR Green Q Rti-PCR
• 12S rRNA

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The present work was financially supported by the School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Iran.