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ICAR publishes on interval basis an informative technical Newsletter.

The following are the available issues that can be downloaded from this site, as PDF file.

• December 2009. Table of content
  A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT
  37TH ICAR BIENNIAL SESSION, RIGA, LATVIA
            Call for papers for the ICAR Session
            Preliminary Programme
            World Breed Federations meeting in Riga
  CERTIFICATE OF QUALITY
  APPROVAL OF A NEW RECORDING DEVICE
            Milkmeters
            Animal identification devices
  NEW ICAR OFFICIALS
  FUTURE PROGRAMS
            Accreditation of laboratories for genetic evaluation
            Animal health traits – new field of animal recording
            Sub-Committee for Recording Devices
            Statutes and by-laws review
  ICAR Forum - A tool for improved communication
  SECRETARIAT’S CONTACTS

• October 2009. Table of content
  The 37th ICAR biennial session 31 May - 4 June 2010, Riga, Latvia
  INTERBULL – EAAP session at the 60th EAAP annual meeting - “Impact of global market on cattle breeding programs and practices
  ICAR – FAO – EAAP Symposium at the 60th EAAP annual meeting - “ Advances and use of electronic identification”
  Interbull meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 21-24 august 2009
  Interbull Strategic Plan
  Incorporation of genomics in estimation of breeding value
  Interbeef – From research to service
  ICAR test protocols have become ISO standards
  New type of test shown on the ICAR website
  Latest communications from Sub-Committee for Recording Devices
  The world dairy summit
  New ICAR officials - appointments by the ICAR board
  Organisations granted with the Certificate of Quality

• July 2009.
  ICAR general assembly; ICAR goals and objectives; New ICAR members; The 37th biennial session, Riga, Latvia, 31 May - 4 June 2010; Guidelines for on-farm milk analysis; ICAR certificate of quality; ICAR Awards; More benefits to ICAR members; ICAR workshop management of new recording and evaluation technologies - Porec, Croatia, 12-13 may 2009; Croatian agricultural agency;

• May 2009. Strategic goals for 2009; New ICAR members; New procedure for the approval of ICAR guidelines; Genomic evaluation of breeding values of bulls; INTERBULL workshop; INTERBULL steering committee ; INTERBULL startegic plan; Sub-committee for recording devices; Sub-committee for animal identification; Meeting in Buenos Aires; Participation at the OIE conference; Meeting of the ISO Working Group 3; Retesting Approved Devices?; Working group for genetic analysis; Special stamp expires 30 June 2009; Certificate of quality; PSAS - patent sentinel and action service; News from the ICAR Secretariat; Proceedings of the Niagara Falls ICAR Session; ICAR website - Some statistics; New service: discussion forum; ICAR 37th session in Latvia;

• November 2008. A word from the President; 48 hours traceability of all animal species in production - goal of the national animal identification system in USA; ICAR work in animal identification; Genomic evaluation; Approval of new recording devices; On-farm milk analysis: a new challenge for ICAR; Reference system for somatic cell counts - new ICAR project with the International Dairy Federation (IDF); 14 laboratories from 11 countries accredited for parentage certification; ICAR guidelines on alpaca shearing management, fibre harvesting and grading; A decision support process for implementing identification and recording systems in developing countries; Certificate of quality; New ICAR publication policy; Joseph Crettenand received the President's Award; Distinguished Service Awards; Members of the board; Chairmen of ICAR Sub-Committees, Working Group and Task Forces

• June 2008. A word from the President; 36th ICAR biennial session; Proposals of the board for approval by the General Assembly; News from the ICAR governing bodies, Sub-Committees, Working Groups and Task Forces; Use of the ICAR logo ; Tagging of recording devices; International cooperation ; New associate members of ICAR; Icar certificate of quality – how to obtain it; Case of national milk recording; From our patent sentinel and action service (PSAS); 2009 general assembly and the workshop on management of animal recording and evaluation

• December 2007. The issue contains: A word from the President: towards the 36th ICAR biennial session; From the message of Mark Adam, President of National Dairy Herd Information Association; News from the Icar Board, Sub-Committees, Working Groups and Task-Forces; International Co-Operation; Preparations for the 36th biennial session

• July 2007. This issue contains: A word from the President; ICAR General Assembly 2007; Provision of benefits to ICAR members; News on cornell patent; ICAR recent publications; Badi Besbes is a new member of the ICAR board; Certificate of quality; Special stamp; Awards; ICAR new members; 2007 Technical workshop , Verona, Italy, June 2007; From the ICAR governing and technical bodies; 36th ICAR biennial session

• January 2007. Report from the 35th ICAR biennial session and Interbull meeting; General Assembly, Kuopio, Finland, 7 June 2006 and the President’s report ; New ICAR Board; Decisions of the General Assembly; Amendments to the ICAR statutes; ICAR Awards ; News from ICAR Sub-Committees, Task Forces and Working Groups; A survey on milk recording strategies; New activities of ICAR; Next General Assembly (2007); Next Biennial 36th Session (2008); “Confidential” message from Frank Armitage;

• May 2005. Report on the 34th ICAR Session (Sousse, Tunisia); Strategic Plan 2004-2008; New members organisations; Registration of marks, logos and names; Special stamp in Croatia; Benchmarking; Intellectual property monitoring

• October 2003. The issue focuses on: New positions, News from SC's WG's and TF, Sousse 34th ICAR Session

• April 2003. It focuses on: Memorandum between EAAP and ICAR; Next ICAR Sessions; ICAR By-laws; Actions against Cornell patent application; New ICAR Members; International Performance trials for sheep and goats; ICAR Guidelines; DNA Task Force; News from Sub-Committees and Working Groups.

• February 2002. It focuses on Establishment of SERVICE ICAR S.r.l; Special Stamp visit to Slovak Republic; INTERBULL Sub-Committee; Beef Recording WG; Milk Testing Laboratories WG; Conformation Working Group; Lactation Calculation WG; Recent publications; Welcome to the 33rd ICAR Session and INTERBULL Meeting.

• August 2001. It focuses on Paris meeting 19 May 2001. In particular with: Meeting of the Board; ICAR General Assembly; Meeting of ICAR Board with Chairpersons of Sub-Committes, Task Force and Working Groups; Meeting of Meters and Jars Sub-Committee; Meeting of the Beef Recording Working Group; Meeting of the Quality Assurance Working Group; News from the Sheep Milk Recording Working Group.

• April 2001. It focuses on 32nd ICAR Session and INTERBULL Meeting, held in Bled, Slovenia, Revision of ICAR Guidelines, News from Sub-Committes, Task Force and Working Groups, ICAR web space, List of approved meters, Publications, Next ICAR Session and INTERBULL Meeting in 2002).

• June 1999 with a special appendix on the activities of the "Animal Identification Sub-Committee".

• September 1998.

• November 1997.

• September 1997.

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