Identification of Different Meat Varieties and Determination of Meat Adulteration Using Polymerase Chain Reaction Based Method

• Main Author: Munasinghe, M.M.E.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka 2013
• Subjects: Animal Science Degree Programme; Mutton; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://www.erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/6172/UWULD%20ANS%2009%200025-09042019105946.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Meat is a food rich with a variety of important nutrients which lacks in plant food sources, particularly lysine, bio-available iron and zinc and etc. Nowadays, it has a significant problem regarding its quality due to fraudulent substitution of more expensive meats with cheaper meats. Therefore, th...