Patent ID: 7297500

Claim:
A method for detecting the presence of a distinct type or species of meat from at least one animal species used for human or animal consumption in a sample, said method comprising: a) contacting said sample with a species-specific antibody generated from isolated skeletal non-human troponin I (TnI) as an antigen wherein said antibody is monoclonal antibody 1F9 (ATCC Accession No. PTA-8208) or 2G3 (ATCC Accession No. PTA-3782), and wherein said antibody is directly or indirectly conjugated to a label; and b) determining whether said antibody binds to non-human troponin I in said sample; wherein binding of said antibody to non-human troponin I in said sample is indicative of the presence of a distinct type or species of meat from at least one animal species used for human or animal consumption in said sample, wherein said distinct type or species of meat is pork, beef, lamb, horse, deer, chicken, turkey, duck, goose, ostrich, or catfish meat.