title: The HemeSelect test: a simple and sensitive forensic species test.
abstract: The evaluation of a commercially available, faecal occult blood test to determine the species of origin of unknown stains is described. This test was simple to perform, requires a minimum amount of equipment and produced results that were easy to interpret. The HemeSelect test was found to be at least two orders of magnitude more sensitive than a precipitin test and would be the test of choice for small or aged stains.
authors.affiliation: Alameda County Sheriff's Department Criminalistics Laboratory, San Leandro, CA 94578.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Spear
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Binkley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001801:Blood Stains; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009780:Occult Blood; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins