title: DNA typing in a cattle stealing case.
abstract: DNA profiling was used as probative evidence in a cattle stealing case. The carcasses of the dead animals were found from a report and a farmer recognized the remains as those corresponding to the stolen animals by the farm mark on the coat. Those remains were collected as reference samples. Meat pieces were sequestered from a butchery and then sent to our Laboratory by the Justice Department of Buenos Aires (Argentine) to perform a DNA comparative analysis with the reference. Matches were found between the evidences and the references, supporting the hypothesis that the meat pieces had been obtained from the stolen animals. The butcher was suspected of stealing animals but no direct incrimination had been made yet.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones en Genética Básica y Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, U.N.L.P., La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giovambattista
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Ripoli
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lirón
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Villegas Castagnasso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peral-García
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lojo
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013800:Theft / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*