DNA Working Group
During the Puerto Varas 40th Session, the ICAR Board endorsed the formation of the DNA Working Group that relieve the duties of the previous Genetic Analysis Working Group
Composition
Chair
- Brian van Doormaal, Canadian Dairy Network, Canada
Members
- André Eggen, Illumina, France
- Suzanne Harding, Holstein UK, United Kingdom
- Dariusz Kamola, Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy Farmers, Poland
- Sandra Kipp, VIT, Germany
- Raffaele Mazza, Associazione Italiana Allevatori , Laboratorio Genetica e Servizi, Italy
- Matthew McClure, Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, Ireland
- Carine Megneaud ,Chambre d’agriculture des Côtes d’Armor, France
- Romy Morrin-O’Donnell, Weatherbys, Ireland
- Nilesh Nayee, NDDB, India
- Ezequiel Nicolazzi, Council Dairy Cattle Breeding, USA
- Wim van Haeringen, Dr. Van Haeringen Laboratorium b.v., The Netherlands
Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference for the DNA Working Group is available here
ICAR Accreditation for laboratories for parentage testing in cattle
ICAR annually accredits laboratories for cattle parentage verification by SNPs and STRs.
For both of the above accreditation, applicants have to provide the ISAG membership number
The list of accredited laboratories for parentage verification in cattle is available here. ICAR reminds that the accreditation is valid for two years
Relevant useful documents
- ISAG cattle core + additional SNP panel 2013
- On-line Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA)
- Survey on “Worldwide trend towards the use of molecular methods in parentage and diagnostic analyses”
- Patent Watch website managed by EFFAB (European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders)