Genetic Analysis
During the 40th ICAR Biennial Session held in Puerto Varas (October 2016), the duties of the Genetic Analysis Working group were relieved by the new DNA Working Group
Genetic Analysis Working Group
Chairman
Wim van Haeringen
Members
| André Eggen, AgriGenomics, EMEA, illumina France SARL, France | |
| Bianca Lind, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Rinderzüchter e.V. (ADR), (Germany) |  |
| Raffaele Mazza, LGS, (Italy) |  |
| Romy Morrin-O’Donnell, Weatherbys, (Ireland) | |
| Marco Winters, DairyCo, (United Kingdom) |  |
| Brian Wickham (Agenda Member) |
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
- Online 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)