Pet DNA test identifies human sample as canine
The accuracy of pet DNA tests is under fire after a company twice identified a human sample as belonging to a canine.
An investigative team in Boston today received results from DNA My Dog – using DNA from a reporter's cheek, WBZ News reports.
The Toronto-based company identified reporter Christina Hager as 40% Alaskan malamute, 35% shar-pei and 25% labrador.
Swabs were also sent to pet DNA testing companies Orivet and Wisdom Panel.
Orivet – based in Melbourne and Florida – said the swab “failed to provide the data necessary to perform the breed ID analysis”.
Washington-based Wisdom Panel said the sample did not have “enough DNA to produce a reliable result”.
WBZ News last year sent in human DNA belonging to a pet owner, which DNA My Dog identified as 40% border collie, 32% cane corso and 28% bulldog.
DNA My Dog told WBNZ News at the time that it found canine DNA on the second of two swabs.
“The results provided would not be possible on a human sample,” it said.
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