In an elementary phase of this research, simplex PCRs were carried out on DNA extracted from whole blood to verify the specificity of primers. The DF/DR primers produced specific fragments of 307 bp for sika deer and wapiti, and 230 bp for red deer, Tarim red deer and reindeer. The other primers generated 246 bp for wapiti, 272 bp for Tarim red deer and 141 bp for reindeer. To detect possible cross-reactions, each set of primers was challenged in simplex PCR with non-target species. As expected, a cross-reaction was not observed (Fig. 1).Every test, repeated three or more times, gave reproducible results.