Successful DNA typing of a drug positive urine sample from a race horse

Tobe, Shanan and Reid, Sarah Jane and Linacre, A.M.T. (2007) Successful DNA typing of a drug positive urine sample from a race horse. Forensic Science International, 173 (1). pp. 85-86. ISSN 0379-0738

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Abstract

The detection of performance altering substances in horse urine is a routine requirement by racing authorities and other sporting regulatory bodies. In the case of a positive result the origin of the urine sample may be questioned and therefore it is necessary to confirm that the urine sample came from the horse in question. Comparison of a DNA profile from the urine to a sample collected from the horse in question may verify the origin of the urine. The isolation of DNA from horse urine has been problematic leading to the poor recovery of DNA and subsequent profiling results. We report on a successful DNA typing from horse urine allowing confirmation that a urine sample and a control reference hair sample came from the same horse.

Author(s):Tobe, Shanan, Reid, Sarah Jane and Linacre, A.M.T.
Item type:Article
ID code:33300
Keywords:horse, urine, stockmarks, STRs, Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine , Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Subjects:Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited:28 Sep 2011 09:23
Last modified:03 Jan 2019 13:02
URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/33300
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