Interbeef Working Group
The page shows introductory information about the Interbeef Working Group, its composition and relevant documents about the activities performed by the group
Chairman
| Andrew Cromie, Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (Ireland) | ![]() |
Members
| Robert Banks, Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), UNE (Australia) | |
| Pavel Bucek, Czech Moravian Breeder’s Corporation Inc., (Czech Rep.) | ![]() |
| Kirsty Moore, EGENES / SRUC, (United Kingdom) | |
| Clara Diaz, INIA, (Spain) | ![]() |
| Mauro Fioretti, Associazione Italiana Allevatori, (Italy) | |
| Anders Fogh, Knowledge Centre for Agriculture, (Denmark) | |
| Laurent Griffon, Institut de l’Elevage, (France) | |
| Friedrich Reinhardt (Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung w.V.), Germany | |
| Japie Van der Westhuizen, SA Stud Book and Animal Improvement Association, (South Africa) | ![]() |
Scientific Advisory Committee
- Roel Veerkamp – Wageningen (The Netherlands)
- Dorian Garrick – Iowa State University (USA)
Main documents of the Interbeef Working Group
- Interbeef Technical Committee (TC-Beef). Terms of Reference
- Interbeef guidelines – File and file formats for the Interbeef international genetic evaluations (In case you receive a “Security certificate problem” message, please ignore it).
- Genetic Evaluations in beef cattle: Information on National and International Evaluations
- Publications and Documentation
- International Bull Evaluation Service
- Contact persons for countries participating in the Interbeef international evaluations
- More information on the Interbeef Working Group are contained in the “Business Plan for the Implementation of International Genetic Evaluation Services for Beef Breeds and Traits by Interbull”
- Service calendar Interbeef international genetic evaluations
Documents produced for meetings of the Interbeef Working Group
Meeting in Edinburgh (UK), 12-13 June 2017
- The page containing the Agenda and the documents related to the meeting is password protected and is available here
Meeting in Puerto Varas (Chile), October 2016
- The page containing the Agenda and the documents related to the meeting is password protected
- Minutes InterBeef Working Group, Meeting, Puerto Varas, 24 October 2016
- Minutes InterBeef Working Group Technical Group Meeting, Puerto Varas, 24 October 2016
- Plans for InterBeef Working Group Meeting in Edinburgh 2017
- Presented files at the InterBeef meeting in Puerto Varas, October 2016
Phone-conference held on 19 October 2016
Meeting in Salzburg (Austria) 8-9 March 2016
- Overview of the Meeting
- Agenda of the Interbeef Working Group Meeting
- Agenda of the Interbeef Technical Group Meeting
- Minutes and presented files
Meeting in Krakow, 9 June 2015
- Minutes Working Group
Presentations:
– A: Official run feedback
– B: Publication of Interbeef EBVs
– C: Beef cattle genetic evaluation in Australia ~ BREEDPLAN
– D: Development of international beef genetic evaluations for calving traits
– D1: Interbeef across-country variance components estimation for Charolaise calving ease
– D2: Interbeef across-country variance components estimation for Limousine calving ease
– E: Playing with Xbred records in Interbeef
– F: Integration of foreign data
– G: Genetic evaluations in the UK
– H: International GE for Fertility Traits
– I: Interbeef Technical Committee Recommendations
Meeting in Dublin, 26 November 2014
Meeting in Berlin, Germany, 20 May 2014
Agenda and documents – Minutes
Meeting in Prague, 21 November 2013
Meeting in Aarhus, May 2013
Meeting in Stansted, Jan. 2013
Cork on May 2012
Bourg-en-Bresse on June 2011
Porec, Croatia, May 2009
- Report for the year 2008, presented at Porec, Croatia, May 2009



