Table 3. Comparison of the specificity of the seven commercial master mixes for detecting porcine DNA by real-time PCR

Manufacturer Platform CT values1,2) of animal species
Pig Human Dog Cow Chicken
Applied Biosystems StepOnePlus 17.77±0.53 ND ND ND ND
CFX Connect 17.38±0.23 ND ND ND ND
CancerROP StepOnePlus 18.54±0.09 33.21±0.54 ND 34.28 (2/3) ND
CFX Connect 15.72±0.44 34.11 (2/3) ND ND ND
Invitrogen StepOnePlus 17.01±0.16 ND ND ND ND
CFX Connect 17.60±0.34 ND ND 34.28 (2/3) ND
Kogene Biotech StepOnePlus 15.35±0.37 ND ND ND ND
CFX Connect 17.40±0.45 ND ND ND ND
New England Biolabs StepOnePlus 17.27±0.04 ND ND ND ND
CFX Connect 17.61±0.11 33.56±0.83 ND 34.91 (2/3) ND
Qiagen StepOnePlus 17.19±0.23 33.96 (2/3) ND ND ND
CFX Connect 17.08±0.26 34.34 (2/3) 32.75±0.73 33.92±0.33 ND
Takara StepOnePlus 18.69±0.37 ND ND ND ND
CFX Connect 16.68±0.18 ND ND ND ND
Average CT values (mean±SD) for 50 ng/μL DNA samples of five species analyzed in triplicate.
Numbers in parentheses indicates the number of times the CT value was determined in three measurements, the average CT value is presented.
ND, not detected.