Sheep (Ovis aries): Meat Speciation

Description

The Sheep (Ovis aries) real-time qPCR speciation kit from Primerdesign provides specific identification of sheep DNA in meat, dairy and processed food products. Distinguishing sheep from closely related goat is essential for food-authenticity verification, label compliance and detection of undeclared substitution. The TaqMan-based assay targets a sheep-specific genomic sequence for confident detection even in processed and heat-treated samples.

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 Sheep (Ovis aries) kit

• Real-time qPCR (TaqMan) detection of sheep (O. aries) DNA
• Species-specific target that discriminates sheep from goat
• 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, dairy 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.