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PDF files presented at the 36th ICAR Session held in Niagara Falls, 16-20 June 2006

Monday 16 June
ICAR Reference Laboratory Network
(joint meeting with North American Laboratory Managers Association)

8:00 12:00 O. Leray

8:20 8:50 ICAR Reference Laboratory Network introduction, history and objectives; ICAR analytical strategy – international platform for analytical harmonization; International anchorage – overall analytical traceability and uncertainty, qualifying RMs

O. Leray

8:50 9:10 Interlaboratory reference systems and centralised calibration – prerequisites and standard optimum procedures

O. Leray

9:40 10:00 The way to reference systems and centralised calibration for milk recording testing – present status in Germany

C. Baumgartner

10:20 10:40 Reference system and centralised calibration for milk recording testing in Argentina

R. Castañeda

10:40 11:00 Reference system and centralised calibration for milk (payment) testing in USA

D. Barbano

11:00 11:30 Assessment of laboratory performances and analytical equivalence in milk testing in North America

P. Sauvé

 

 

Monday 16 June
North American Lab Managers Association

13:00 18:00

 

13:00 13:15 Opening remarks and introductions

J. High

13:15 13:30 How NALMA was formed and its working purpose

R. Bealer

13:30 13:50 North American statistical overview - Canadian Dairy Lab Network

S. Sievert and B. Corrigan

13:50 14:20 Qlip Laboratory – application of RFID in central milk testing logistics

H. van den Bijgaart

14:20 14:50 Central Counties DHIA – daily use of a robot with sample analysis

C. Hackler

14:50 15:20 Sample preparation on farm and handling large herds in laboratory

S. Taylor, A. Duran

15:20 16:00 New Zealand – seasonal challenges in the laboratory

G. Scott

16:30 16:50 QCS auditing and on-line Web use of “unknowns” program

P. Sauvé

16:50 17:30 Milk and protecting it against agri-terrorism

C. Thompson

17:30 18:00 Milk disease control through milk ELISA testing

T. Byrem

 

 

Tuesday 17 June
North American Lab Managers Association

8:30 9:15 Milk testing equipment overview
500 Combi VHS (video)
Bentley
DHI-Provo
FOSS
DHI Test Day’s Status Quo Changing

Advanced Equipment, Bentley Instruments, FOSS

9:15 9:45 Robotic Sampling devices

BouMatic, DeLaval, Lely

 

Tuesday 17 June
ID Summit

 

8:00 15:00 Ole Hansen

 

8:00 9:45 Presentation of ICAR and the ICAR Subcommittee

 

10:15 12:00 Electronic Identification

 

13:00 15:00 Plastic ear tags with or without electronic identification

 

Approval of official permanent eartags in France S. Duroy

 DHI Managers

 

 

 

Wednesday 18 June
ICAR

 

8:00 9:30 ICAR General Assembly I

 

 

Report by the President

Report by the Secretary General

ICAR Certificate of Quality

Next ICAR Sessions

Latvia presentation (Video)

ICAR Opening Session and Session I

 

10:00 10:10 Welcome address

Mark Adam

10:10 10:30 Overview of US Animal Agriculture

Jay Mattison

10:30 11:10 Dairy Farmers of America

Greg Wickham

11:10 11:45 U.S. Department of Agriculture (invited)

Bruce Knight

11:45 12:20 Desmond Murphy S.C.

Erin Ogden

 

 

Wednesday 18 June
WS 1 Use of Genomic Tools in Animal Breeding

 

13:30 16:00 Reinhard Reents

 

13:30 13:40 Introduction

R. Reents

13:40 14:20 High-throughput genotyping of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in livestock species and bull selection strategies using genomic estimated breeding values

L. Schaeffer

14:20 14:35 Genomic selection in New Zealand and the implications for national genetic evaluation

B. Harris

14:35 14:50 Incorporation of genotype effects into animal model evaluations when only a small fraction of the population has been genotyped

E. Baruch

14:50 15:05 Genomic data and cooperation result in faster progress

P. VanRaden

15:05 15:20 Genomic evaluations in the United States and Canada: a collaboration

G. Wiggans

15:20 15:40 Distribution and location of genetic effects for dairy traits

J. Cole

15:40 15:55 SNPs for parentage testing, individual identification, and traceability

B. Woodward

Status of genomic selection in The Netherlands René van der Linde

 

 

Wednesday 18 June
WS 2 Manufacturers’ Showcase

 

16:30 18:30 Frank Armitage - Introduction

 

16:30 16:50 Management of individual cows in large herds – a challenge to modern dairy farming

N. Pinsky,G. Katz, Afikim

16:50 17:10 Tissue sampling with animal ID

H. Winkeler, Caisely

17:10 17:30 DelProTM Herd Management and Automation for stanchion barns

F. Mazeris, DeLaval

17:30 17:50 PathoProofTM Mastitis PCR Assay

M. Koskinen, Finnzymes

17:50 18:10 HerdNavigator: Pro-active Herd Management

S. Kold- Christensen, Foss

 

 

Thursday 19 June
2.1 ID Techniques

 

Thursday 19 June

 

8:00 10:00 Ole Kleis Hansen - Introduction

 

8:00 8:20 New developments in test procedures for animal RFID based on ISO 11784 and ISO 11785

K. van’t Klooster

8:20 8:40 Performance criteria and test of ICAR-approved tags

B. Rickard

9:00 9:30 Use of electronic identification in herd management system in a 3,500-cow herd
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T. Thompson

9:30 9:50 Experience with bovine electronic identification in Germany

N. Wirtz

 

 

Thursday 19 June
2.2 The Importance of Recording of AI Data for the Genetic System

 

8:00 10:00 Alain Malafosse

 

8:00 8:30 The context of AI from service to genetic progress: necessity to record and process AI data

J. Philipsson

8:30 9:00 Various systems used to record and process AI data on farms: summary of the ICAR questionnaire

L. Journaux

9:00 9:30 Use of insemination data in cattle breeding: some experiences from Ireland

A. Cromie

9:30 10:00 Valorization of AI data on farms by technicians: the French experience

A. Malafosse

Use and Added Value of AI Data for Genetic Evaluation and Dairy Cattle Improvement