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Detection of Transgenic and Endogenous Plant DNA in Rumen Fluid, Duodenal Digesta, Milk, Blood, and Feces of Lactating Dairy Cows

R. H. Phipps^*, E. R. Deaville and B. C. Maddison

^* Centre for Dairy Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, The University of Reading RG6 6AR, U.K.
ADAS Nutritional Sciences Research Unit, Stratford-on-Avon CV37 9RQ, U.K.

Corresponding author: R. H. Phipps; e-mail r.h.phipps{at}reading.ac.uk.

The objective was to determine the presence or absence of transgenic and endogenous plant DNA in ruminal fluid, duodenal digesta, milk, blood, and feces, and if found, to determine fragment size. Six multiparous lactating Holstein cows fitted with ruminal and duodenal cannulas received a total mixed ration. There were two treatments (T). In T1, the concentrate contained genetically modified (GM) soybean meal (cp4epsps gene) and GM corn grain (cry1a[b] gene), whereas T2 contained the near isogenic non-GM counterparts. Polymerase chain reaction analysis was used to determine the presence or absence of DNA sequences. Primers were selected to amplify small fragments from single-copy genes (soy lectin and corn high-mobility protein and cp4epsps and cry1a[b] genes from the GM crops) and multicopy genes (bovine mitochondrial cytochrome b and rubisco). Single-copy genes were only detected in the solid phase of rumen and duodenal digesta. In contrast, fragments of the rubisco gene were detected in the majority of samples analyzed in both the liquid and solid phases of ruminal and duodenal digesta, milk, and feces, but rarely in blood. The size of the rubisco gene fragments detected decreased from 1176 bp in ruminal and duodenal digesta to 351 bp in fecal samples.

Key Words: DNA detection • digesta • GM feeds • milk

Abbreviation key: GM = genetically modified, HMP = maize high-mobility protein, LOD = limit of detection, rbcL = rubisco, SL = soy lectin, tDNA = transgenic DNA, T = treatment

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