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Sub-Committees

The following are the ICAR Sub-Committees:

• Animal Identification (takes care of the Manufacturer codes).

• Interbull.

• Milk Analysis.

• Recording Devices.

Animal identification Sub-Committee

Purposes	Stimulate development and evaluation of identification devices.
Species – Breeds – Traits	Cattle, Sheep, Goats and Buffalo .
Standards & Guidelines	Manufacturer & device codes. Conventional tagging and identification systems.
Services & Other	Performance evaluation and approval Test Centres Testing electronic tags Survey of available devices ISO registration agency Evaluation of conventional identification devices.
Issues & Points for Discussion	Strengthen linkage with ISO WGII dealing with agricultural standards for data interchange.
Responsible	K. Ilves (Chairman)

 

INTERBULL Sub-Committee

Purposes	Development of international comparisons of cattle
Species – Breeds – Traits	Cattle Dairy Breeds in Developed Countries Milk production traits Conformation, Health, Fertility etc
Standards & Guidelines	Genetic evaluations International comparisons
Services & Other	International genetic evaluation service Surveys of genetic evaluation practises Workshop Meetings Publications Research
Issues & Points for Discussion	Merge INTERBULL membership with ICAR membership and manage as a single membership. A proposal to go to INTERBULL members for discussion at the August business meeting is to be developed by Brian Wickham in consultation with Executive Board. The meeting will be attended by representatives of the ICAR executive board; Expand into more traits, breeds and countries; Expand into beef traits – a proposal needs to be developed in association with the Beef Performance Working Group – action to be taken by Schild and Wickham.
Responsible	R. Reents (Chairman)

Milk Analysis Sub-Committee

Purposes	Improve efficiency and effectiveness of milk testing laboratories
Species – Breeds – Traits	Cattle, buffalo, sheep & goats All breeds Milk composition including somatic cell conc.
Standards & Guidelines	Quality assurance Milk analyser testing protocol Analytical methods
Services & Other	International DHI reference laboratory network. Collaboration between members of laboratory network.
Issues & Points for Discussion	Chairperson to consider enlarging group membership so as to obtain greater geographical and technical representation.
Responsible	O. Leray (Chairman)

 

Recording Devices Sub-Committee

Purposes	Approve milk volume measurement devices
Species – Breeds – Traits	Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Buffalo All Breeds Milk production traits
Standards & Guidelines	Milk volume determination Sampling devices
Services & Other	Milk meter testing service Survey of equipment used by members
Issues & Points for Discussion	Need to decide how to handle testing for weighing scales for cattle, ultra sonic devices for body composition and beef quality devices.
Responsible	M. Burke (Chairman)

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