A Suitable method to detect potential fraud of bringing Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) meat into the food chain

• Main Authors: Ali, Md. Eaqub, Asing,, Abd Hamid, Sharifah Bee, Razzak, Md. Abdur, Abd Rashid, Nur Raifana, Al Amin, Md., Mustafa, Shuhaimi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43613/1/A%20suitable%20method%20to%20detect%20potential%20fraud%20of%20bringing%20Malayan%20box%20turtle%20%28Cuora%20amboinensis%29%20meat%20into%20the%20food%20chain.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43613/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19440049.2015.1058535?journalCode=tfac20

Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) has been a wildlife-protected vulnerable turtle species in Malaysia since 2005. However, because of its purported usage in traditional medicine, tonic foods and feeds, clandestine black market trade is rampant. Several polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for...