ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Haptoglobin Typing in Canine Bloods
McSweeney, C
Senior forensic scientists, Department of Biochemistry, North Regional Laboratory, New Jersey State Police, NJ

Heaney, H
Principal forensic scientists, Department of Biochemistry, North Regional Laboratory, New Jersey State Police, NJ

Harrington, J
Senior forensic scientists, Department of Biochemistry, North Regional Laboratory, New Jersey State Police, NJ

Versoza, J
Principal forensic scientists, Department of Biochemistry, North Regional Laboratory, New Jersey State Police, NJ

Quarino, L
Senior forensic scientist, Department of Biochemistry, North Regional Laboratory, New Jersey State Police, NJ

Schwartz, T
Senior forensic scientists, Department of Biochemistry, North Regional Laboratory, New Jersey State Police, NJ

(Received 6 November 1990; accepted 8 April 1991)

Abstract

Haptoglobin typing by vertical electrophoresis in a discontinuous polyacrylamide gel was conducted on 47 dog blood samples, of which 19 were from Doberman pinschers, 20 from German shepherds, and 8 from pit bullterriers. Two phenotypes were common in the three breeds and could not be used to differentiate between them. Canine haptoglobin phenotypes were, however, sufficiently different from those of humans to warrant using haptoglobin typing as a method for determining the origin of bloodstains.

Keywords:
forensic science, serology, haptoglobin, canines, canine blood

Paper ID: JFS13176J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13176J
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