Beef (Bos taurus): Meat Speciation

Description

The Beef (Bos taurus) real-time qPCR speciation kit from Primerdesign provides specific identification of cattle DNA in meat, dairy and processed food products. Accurate beef identification is central to food-authenticity verification, label-claim compliance and the detection of undeclared substitution, including in minced and composite products. The TaqMan-based assay targets a cattle-specific genomic sequence for robust detection across raw and processed matrices.

Each kit supplies a ready-to-use primer and probe mix together with a positive control template, providing a complete workflow from extracted DNA on any standard real-time PCR platform. The Advanced format additionally includes an internal extraction control to flag inhibition and a copy-number standard curve for absolute quantification of the target sequence.

Key features of the Beef (Bos taurus) kit

• Real-time qPCR (TaqMan) detection of beef (B. taurus) DNA
• Species-specific target with no cross-reactivity to related ruminants
• Robust detection in raw, processed and heat-treated matrices
• Primer/probe mix and positive control template included
• Advanced format adds an internal extraction control and a quantification standard
• Compatible with standard real-time PCR instruments

It is ideally suited to food-authenticity testing, label-compliance verification and supply-chain quality control. Available in Standard (qualitative) and Advanced (quantitative) formats, with detailed set-up and result interpretation described in the included IFU/handbook.