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Animal Identification Sub-Committee

Chairman

Members

Ken Evers
Department of Primary Industries Victoria
(Australia)

Jorge Lama, COOPRINSEM, (Chile)

 

Jay Mattison
National Dairy Herd Improvement Association
(USA)

Folkert Onken, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Rinderzüchter e.V. , (Germany)

Erik Rehben, Institut de l'Élevage, (France)

 

Henry Richardson, Centre for Dairy Information, (United Kingdom)

 

 

Test Centres for testing electronic ID devices

Test Centres for testing plastic eartags

Duties

According to its terms of reference the Sub-Committee covers the following subjects related to identification and registration:

  • Preparation of guidelines for the relevant appendices of the International Agreement on Recording Practices with regard to ID-device testing.

  • Stimulation of new developments in and report on new equipment, procedures and methods dealing with:
    - Electronic identification.
    - Other identification devices.
    - Standardised layout of eartags for individual animals

  • Advising the ICAR Board on approval and/or certification of:
    - Institutes serving as ICAR test-centres
    - Identification devices used in individual animal identification

Competent Authorities for Animal Identification

It is expected that Veterinary Services are the national competent authorities for animal identification including where relevant allocation and control of animal EID-codes with Country Code according to ISO 11784.

Information about veterinary services can be found on the following links:

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