[Prospects of methods of bovine control of parentage].
Parentage control in cattle is done globally by blood typing--a method that is internationally standardized. However, there are efforts to replace the conventional method with molecular biological techniques. A comparison of these techniques with blood typing shows, that in contrast to DNA-Fingerprinting the microsatellite method seems suitable for bovine parentage control routinely. But it is not possible to predict precisely when this method will supersede blood serology. This depends on the prospects in terms of international standardization, costs for customers and whether the new method works as reliably as blood typing.
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Tierärzliches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D004276:DNA, Satellite