-
Animal identification and recording systems for
traceability and livestock development in
countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Proceedings of the ICAR/FAO Workshop held in
Santiago, Chile, 5-7 December 2011,
ICAR Technical Series no. 15
(23-May-2013)
-
CRV BV has been granted with
the Certificate of Quality
(20-May-2005)
-
The Guidelines on the "Periodic
checking of approved meters. Hints for the
sample taker and farmer" have been updated
(23-April-2013)
-
ICAR Newsletter April 2013
(18-April-2013)
-
The "Deutscher
Verband für Leistungs-und Qualitätsprüfungen e.V.
- German Association for Performance and Quality
Testing - (DLQ)" has been
granted with
the Certificate of Quality
(05-April-2013)
-
Two files of the Goat Milk WG have been
published on the web:
-
Minutes from Goat Milk WG meeting held in Cork
(Ireland) on 29 May2012
-
Report of the Goat Milk WG meeting held in Cork
(Ireland) May 2012
(02-April-2013)
-
The "Estonian Animal Recording Centre" has been
granted with
the Certificate of Quality
(28-March-2013)
-
ICAR Newsletter December 2012
(19-Dec.-2012)
-
Hadid Sanat Khavaran Ltd.
(Iran) joined ICAR as
"Associate Member"
(11-Dec.-2012)
-
The "Call
for papers" for ICAR Technical Meeting to be
held in Aarhus (29-31 May 2013) has been
published
(10-Dec.-2012)
-
The procedure on
how to
submit devices used for the purposes of official
milk recording for granting ICAR approval
has been published
(6-Dec.-2012)
-
Association of ProAgria
Centres
renewed the CoQ in "Dairy cattle
identification and dairy production
recording"
(26-Nov-2012)
-
World Simmental-Fleckvieh Federation
joined ICAR
as "Full Member" while Compass Animal Health
Inc. joined ICAR as "Associate Member"
(20-Nov.-2012)
-
ICAR accredited laboratories for 2012 for "SNP
based parentage testing" in cattle accredited
laboratory and/ or "STR based parentage testing"
in cattle
(19-Nov.-2012)
-
Zee Tags Ltd.
joined ICAR as
"Associate Member"
(30-Oct.-2012)
-
A new version of the "Guidelines
to join InterBeef International Genetic
Evaluations" has been published
(24-Oct.-2012)
-
The
Strategic Plan 2012-216 has been published
on the web
(17-Oct.-2012)
-
The new
Recording Guidelines (2012), approved by the
General Assembly held in Cork (Ireland) in June
2012, have been made available on the web
(16-Oct.-2012)
-
"Sistema Nacional de Identificación Individual
del Ganado en México (SINIIGA)"
joined ICAR as "Full Member"
(16-Ocy.-2012)
-
Orion Machinery Co. Ltd.
joined ICAR as "Associate Member"
(10-Sept.-2012)
-
MILKLINE s.r.l.
joined ICAR
as "Associate Member"
(07-Aug.-2012)
-
ICAR Discussion Forum has been re-opened
(13-July-2012)
-
ICAR Newsletter June 2012
(3-July-2012)
-
Results of the "Yearly
enquiry on cow milk recording (2010-2011)"
have been published
(24-06-2012)
-
The ICAR Awards given
at the 38th ICAR Session have been published on
the web: i.e.:
-
President's Award: Frank Armitage
-
Distinguished Service Awards: Paolo Ajmone
Marsan, Olivier Leray, Erling Strandberg
-
Distinguished Certificate Award: Mark Adam,
Moises Asparin, Fabrizio Castagnetti, Gerben De
Jong, Eduardo Frank, Elena Genzini, Neil Petreny,
Hans Wilminck
(22-June-2012)
-
Questionnaire on the survey on functional
traits has been added in the Functional Traits WG
ICAR kindly ask you, to participate in this
survey by
downloading it, fill-in, save and e-mail it
to icar@icar.org
by 30 September 2012
(19-June-2012)
-
The
new ICAR Statutes approved in Cork (2012)
have been published on the web
(17-June-2012)
-
Three ICAR Member Organisations have been
granted with
the Certificate of Quality i.e.:
- JSC Animal Recording Control (Lithuania),
- Israel Cattle Breeders' Association (Israel)
and
- National Milk Records plc (UK))
(6-June-2012)
-
All the files presented
at the 38th ICAR Session (Cork, Ireland) have been made
available on the site
(4-June-2012)
-
A series of amendments to the Guidelines from the Parentage
Recording WG, are submitted
for approval (Guidelines
for supervision of parentage, Section 1.2.4.7
Quality controls, Section 6.2.6 Parentage
assessment)
(18-May-2012)
-
Section 3.1.5 - "Guidelines for sales and
marketing (merchandising)" - is a new section
proposed for inclusion into the Guidelines
(08-May-2012)
-
ICAR Newsletter May 2012
(4-May-2012)
-
The Animal Identification
Sub-Committee is proposing some amendments to
Section 10.7 and its Annexes
on "Approval of official permanent
identification devices. Part 1: conventional
permanent plastic eartags with or without
machine readable printing" has been proposed for
amendments
(4-May-2012)
-
"Recording,
Evaluation and Genetic Improvement of Health Traits".
A complete new Section proposed for approval by the
Functional Traits Working Group
(20-Apr.-2012)
-
A new text on "Approval procedure for milk analysers in milk recording" has been published.
The same text is proposed for approval by the
General assembly in Cork as part of the Recording Guidelines
(17-Apr.-2012)
-
Minutes of the meeting of the Milk Analysis Sub-Committee held in Lyon, France, on 22 May 2011 have been published
(17-Apr.-2012)
-
Proposed
amendments to the General Assembly on the ICAR
Recording Guidelines
- Section 11.6.2 (amendment proposed by
Recording Devices Sub-Committee)
- Section 3.2.3.5.6 Chest girth
circumference as a predictor of growth (amendment
proposed by Interbeef WG)
(04-April-2012)
-
ICAR Newsletter April 2012
(03-April-2012)
-
National Milk Records (NMR), UK,
and Israel Cattle Breeders' Association, Israel,
have been granted with the
CoQ
(03-March-2012)
-
Four new organisations join ICAR:
- Registros Genealógicos Zootécnicos del Perú , Peru
(Full Member)
- Consejo Nacional de los Recursos Genéticos
Pecuarios A.C. (CONARGEN A.C.), Mexico (Full Member)
- Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura
y Pesca - Subsecretaría de Ganadería, Ecuador (Full
Member)
- Allflex Europe SAS, France (Associate Member)
(25-March-2012)
-
Amendments to
the Recording Guidelines to be approved in Cork
(12-March-2012)
-
Three new organisations join ICAR:
- Confidex Ltd., Finland (Associate member)
- Datamars SA, Switzerland (Associate member)
- Executive Agency for Selection and Reproduction in
Animal Breeding, Bulgaria (Full member)
(10-Feb.-2012)
-
Files presented at the FAO/FEPALE/ICAR Workshop on "Animal identification and recording
systems for traceability and livestock
development
in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean"5-7 December 2011. Santiago (Chile)
(27-Dec-2011)
-
A message from ICAR
President
(23-Dec.-2011)
-
ICAR Newsletter December 2011
(21-Dec.-2011)
-
Accredited laboratories for parentage testing
for 2011
(29-Nov.-2011)
-
Papers to be presented at the Workshop in Santiago,
Chile ("Animal
identification and recording systems for
traceability and livestock development in countries
of Latin America and the Caribbean) have been added
to the site
(28-Nov-2011)
-
ICAR approved "Permanent
plastic eartags"
(10-Nov.-2011)
-
Analytical Brainstorming Workshop of the Milk
Analysis SC held in Bourg-en-Bresse (France), 21
June 2011
(9-Sept.-2011)
-
Kazakhstan (Pyramid-protection of plants-777
Ltd.) join ICAR as "Associate Member"
(24-Aug-2011)
-
The site has been updated with
the Awards given durig the
Bourg-en-Bresse Meeting i.e.
President's Award - Badi Besbes
Distinguished Service Awards - Filippo Miglior
Distinguished Certificate Award - Gerben De Jong,
Mauro Fioretti, Zengting Liu, Sophie Mattalia, Larry
Schaeffer and Paul VanRaden
(20-July-2011)
-
ICAR Newsletter July 2011
(17-July-2011)
-
ICAR has two new members:
the Association of Manufacturers of Livestock
Products, Uzbekistan, as Associate Member and
the National Agency for Reproduction and Animal
Breeding (ANARZ), Romania, as Full Member
(2-July-2011)
-
PDF Presentations,
Posters and
Photos of the ICAR Meeting held in Bourg-en-Bresse
(France), 22-24 June 2011, have been published
(1-July-2011)
-
ICAR Newsletter June 2011
(30-May-2011)
-
The
ICAR Guidelines developed after Riga Session
have been made available on the website
(24- May-2011, file removed on 12-Jan. 2013)
-
The Moroccan Association "Association Nationale des Eleveurs de Bovins (ANEB)" join ICAR
(24-May-2011)
-
ICAR
Newsletter May 2011
(12-May-2011)
-
Minutes of the Meeting
of the Goat Milk WG held in Riga in June 2010
have been added to the page of the Goat Milk WG.
(26-April-2011)
-
The minutes and the
slides of the presentations of the meeting held
in Riga of the "Milk Recording in Dairy Sheep
Working Group", have been added to the site
(13-Feb.-2011)
-
New versions of the "Conditions
and Guidelines" and the "Auditors’
Guide" relating to the ICAR Certificate of
Quality have been published
(2-Feb-2011)
-
Three Organisations have been
granted with the
ICAR Certificate of Quality namely: RYK, Danish
Agricultural Advisory Service
(Denmark), Irish Cattle Breeding Federation
(Ireland) and
Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy
Farmers (Poland)
(29-Dec.-2010)
-
Five
laboratories were accredited for parentage testing
for the year 2010
(27-Dec.-2010)
-
ICAR Newsletter December 2010
(21-December-2010)
-
The
ICAR Milk Analysis Sub-Committee made available on
the web its
Newsletter and the
updated "List of laboratory members"
(21-12-2010)
-
Publication of the "Farm animal breeding,
identification, production recording and
management". Proceedings of the 37th ICAR
Biennial Session, Riga, Latvia 31 May - 4 June
2010,
ICAR Technical Series no. 14
(27-Nov.-2010)
-
The "Search"
command in the navigation page has been implemented
with a more efficient engine. Please test it
(4-Nov-2010)
-
Report of the activities of the Milk Analysis SC
presented at the 37th ICAR Session, Riga
(21-Oct-2010)
-
France Génétique Elevage, TINE BA and University of
Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Dept. of Animal
Science have been
granted with the CoQ
(19-Aug-2010)
-
Next ICAR
Meeting: Bourg-en-Bresse, France (22-24 June-2011).
Website
here while flayer is
here
(17-Aug-2010)
-
The Association
Wallone de l'Elevage has been
granted with the CoQ for Dairy cattle production
recording
(June 2010)
-
The Czech Moravian Breeders'
Corporation Inc. (Czech Rep.) has
been
granted with the CoQ for
Identification
system and recording production in beef
cattle
(15-June-2010)
-
PowerPoint files presented in Riga 37th Session
have been published on the web
(7-June-2010)
-
The Croatian Agricultural Agency,
the Swedish Dairy Federation and the Slovak Breeding Services, and have been granted with the
Certificate of Quality
(24-May-2010)
-
ICAR
Newsletter May 2010 has been published
(15 May 201)
-
CRV BV join ICAR as new Member
(10 May 2010)
-
New file containing "Conditions
and Guidelines" relating to the ICAR Certificate
of Quality and the
Application form have been added
(16-Feb-2009)
-
A page about the new Working Group (called "Beef
and Interbeef WG") merging the previous WGs
(Beef Performance WG and Interbeef WG) has been
published
(11-Feb-2008)
-
Suzanne Harding replaces Dick Koorn as Chairman of
the Parentage Recording Working Group
(Jan. 2010)
-
The Beef Recording Working Group prepared a specific
Glossary
(27-Jan-2010)
-
Mongolia joint ICAR as new Member
(10-jan.-2010)
-
ICAR Newsletter December 2009
(17-Dec-2009)
-
37th ICAR Session, Riga, Latvia
(31 May - 4 June)
-
Official website
-
Call for Papers for ICAR Session (not for Interbull
Meeting)
-
Preliminary Programme
(14-Dec-2009)
-
Seven organisations granted the "Certificate of
Quality"
- Agricultural Data Centre
- CONVIS
- Deutscher Verband für Leistungs- und
Qualitätsprüfungen e.V. (DLQ)
- Estonian Animal Recording Centre
- Laboratorium Oceny Mleka KCHZ Laboratorium
Referencyjne z/s w Parzniewie (LOM KCHZ LR)
- VIT w.V.
- ZAR - Zentrale Arbeitsgemeinschaft
österreichischer Rinderzüchter (LKV-Ausschuss)
(13-Nov-2009)
-
The Guidelines for the "Periodic
checking of approved meters. Hints for the
sample taker and farmer" have been
up-dated
(11-Nov-2009)
-
ICAR Newsletter October 2009
(20 October 2009)
-
Five Organisations granted
with the CoQ and have been added to the ICAR
website, namely:
- Agricultural Research Council
- Cattle Information System
- Edinburgh Genetic Evaluation Services (EGENES)
- South African Studbook and Animal
Improvement Association
- Italian Animal Breeders' Association (AIA)
(24-Sept-2009)
-
The
NEW ICAR Guidelines approved at Niagara
Session are now available
(22-July-2009)
-
The persons awarded
during the ICAR Meeting held in Poreč,
Croatia were added to the web
(2-July-2009)
-
ICAR Newsletter July 2009.
(1-July-2009)
-
The synthesis of the ICAR
Guidelines for Animal Identification. has been added
to the site and
the
publication is available here
(15-June-2009)
-
The member composition of the SCs, WGs and TF
has been updated, following Porec Meeting
(4-6-2009)
-
Porec May 2009, Technical Meeting.
The PDF files pf the
presentations and
the pictures of the meeting have been
added
(25-May-2009)
-
ICAR Newsletter, May 2009, is now
available
(19-May-2009)
-
The
Results for the years 2006 and 2007 for
the Yearly
enquiry on the situation of cow milk recording
in member countries have been published
(27-Feb-2009)
-
The page of the Genetic Analysis Working Group
has been updated with the
new accredited laboratories
(19-Feb-2009)
-
The page of Milk Analysis SC contains the
updated list of reference laboratories,
the
Interlaboratory study programme 2009 and
the
Report of the 2006-2008 activities
(19-Feb-2009)
-
Royal Tag S.A. joint ICAR as Associate Member
(13-Feb-2009)
-
Proceedings Niagara
Falls 36th Biennial Session (13Mb)
(12-Jan-2008)
-
New version (Jan 2009) for the
Conditions and guidelines relating to the ICAR
Certificate of Quality
(10-01-2009)
-
Interbull Terms of Reference
(10-Dec-2008)
-
Four new organisations
joint ICAR
• ANABLE - Portugal;
•
Animal Breeding and Improvement
of Animal Production of Iran - Iran;
•
COOPRINSEM - Chile
•
SEIDIC S.A.-
Switzerland;
(24-Nov-2008)
-
The Conformation Working Group developed its
Terms of References and the
Working
Plan (After Niagara Meeting, June 2008)
(20-11-08)
-
ICAR Newsletter November 2008
(11-11-2008)
- 26-29 January 2009.
Interbull International Workshop on Genomic
Information in Genetic Evaluations,
Uppsala, Sweden
(23-Oct-2008)
-
Report of the
Fourth meeting of ICAR Reference Laboratory
Network (16 -20
June 2008, Niagara Falls, USA) has been
published
(12-Sept-2008)
-
The
manufacturer' codes page has been created with
an .asp database for allowing a more precise query
(18-08-08)
-
Two members have been granted with the
Certificate
of Quality
National Milk Records (UK) for Bovine
identification and production recording; and
ICBA (Israel) for Bovine identification,
production recording, laboratory and genetic
evaluation
(10-August-08)
-
Joseph Crettenand (President's Award)
Frank Armitage, Freddy Fikse, Alain Malafosse.
Guido Ongaro (Distinguished Service Award)
were awarded during the 36th
Session in Niagara Falls
(10-8-08)
-
The new ICAR Statutes as
approved by the General Assembly held in Niagara
Falls, USA on 20 June 2008
are avialble for now only in English
(11-8-08). The new By-laws are under preparation
-
ICAR Technical Series no. 8
"Development of Successful Animal Recording
Systems for Transition and Developing Countries",
Interlaken, Switzerland, 27 May 2002, jointly
organised with FAO-AGA, ICAR T.S. is
available also in Arabic
-
Pictures of Niagara Falls (ICAR 36th Session)
(8-July-2008)
-
ICAR Newsletter June 2008. It contains 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
(2-July-20074)
-
An
interactive map of the ICAR member countries is
available
here
(11 June 2008)
-
The draft version of the
Strategic Plan 2008-2012, to be presented in
Niagara Falls Session is available
here
(15-May-2008)
The Animal Fibre Task Force prepared new
Guidelines for the Alpaca:
-
The
Invitation and the
Programme for the 4th meeting of ICAR
Reference Laboratory Network that will be held
during the 36th ICAR Session in Niagara
Falls are available
(2-April-2008)
-
New pages on
Transceivers conforming to ISO11784/11785 have
been added
- Synchronising transceivers
-
Non-synchronising transceivers
(11 March 2008)
-
The Genetic Analysis
Working Group is proposing the following corrections
to the ICAR Guidelines:
-
The following are the proposed corrections to
the Guidelines on Section 10
-
The programme for the Special sessions on
Artificial Insemination planned for 19 at
Niagara Falls ICAR Session is available
here
(7-March-2008)
-
ICAR Newsletter - December 2007
(24-Dc-2007)
-
Minutes of the Meeting of the Working
Group on Artificial Insemination & Other
Relevant Technologies, held in Dublin, 22
August 2007
(30-Dec-2007)
-
Two new documents have been made available (PDF
file):
-
The corrections to the ICAR Recording
Guidelines to be approved by the General
Assembly in Niagara Falls,
are
available here (10-Dec-2007)
-
New Working Groups have been added (Animal
Fibre,
Interbeef and
Parentage Recording )(4-Dec-2007)
-
Preliminary programme for 36th ICAR
Session and Meeting (30-Nov-2007)
-
List of the laboratories with ICAR
accreditation for parenthood recording
(21-Sept-2007)
-
Acknowledgments
by Hans-Gerhard Wagner (Secretary of APHCA)
for Workshop animal identification and
traceability (26-July-2007)
-
The
ICAR Newsletter July 2007 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 (20-7-2007)
-
The files
presented at Verona Technical Meeting are
available (3-June-2007)
-
The last version
of the
ICAR Guidelines, approved by the
General Assembly held in Kuopio, Finland in June
2006 is available (24-May-2007).
-
The instructions (updated
to May
2007) on how to perform the "Periodic
checking of approved
meters. Hints for the sample taker and farmer"
are avaialble (24-May-2007)
-
Development of animal
identification and recording systems for
veterinary surveillance and livestock development
in countries of Eastern Europe. Proceedings of the
ICAR/FAO Seminar held in Kuopio, Finland, 6 June
2006,
ICAR T.S. no.12. (30-April-2007)
-
In 2007, ICAR
organises a
Technical meeting in Verona, in conjunction with
the General Assembly.
The meeting will be
held from 30 May to 1 June 2007 (1-Apr-2007)
-
The ICAR Statutes, approved by the General
Assembly held in Kuopio Finland on 9 June 2006,
are available in
English (37 Kb),
French (51 Kb) and
German (49 Kb) (12-Feb-2007).
-
ICAR Newsletter January 2007. It contains a
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). (30-Jan-2007)
-
Updatings on Sub-Committee for Recording
Devices, by Uffe Lauritsen. (30-Nov-2006)
-
The Certificate of Quality is a new service
offered by ICAR. The new Certificates will replace
the ICAR Special Stamp which will be phased out by
July 2009 (29-Oct-2006)
-
The ICAR Board established the
President's Award and the
Distinguished Service Certificate
(29-Oct-2006)
-
A new site
by ICAR: Patenting Sentinel and Action Service -
PSAS (7-Aug-2006)
-
The
up-dated By-Laws approved in
Kuopio by the General Assembly are now
available only in English (18-July-2005)
-
The
transaltions into Russian of the FAO-ICAR
Seminar (Kuopio, 6 June) are available
(4-July-2006)
-
The results of "Beef
performance recording in 2004 (calves born in
2000)" are available (22-June-2006)
-
The
amendments to the Recording Guidelines are
available for comments/approval by the ICAR
Members (20-June-2006)
-
The page of the
Milk Testing
Laboratories Working Group has been updated
after the decision taken in Kuopio
-
The results of the "Cow
milk yearly enquiry" for the years 2003-2004
(20-June-2006)
-
The
PowerPoint files presented at the last 35th
ICAR biennial session held in Kuopio, Finland
(20-June-2006)
-
The
Report of the meeting of the WG on Goat Milk
held in Sousse (Tunisia) in 2004, is now available
(15-May-2006)
-
The Animal Identification Sub-Committee has
launched the "ICAR performance evaluation and
approval procedure for official permanent
identification devices (conventional permanent
plastic eartags)"
For more information, click here (15-May-2006)
-
The on-line databases on "The
yearly sheep milk enquiry" is now available
(2-May-2006)
-
The Conformation Recording Working Group, through David Hewitt, proposed some emendations to
the Recording Guidelines, (Section
5: Conformation recording of dairy cattle)
that will have to be adopted by the General
Assembly in Kuopio (8-March-2006)
-
The instructions on how to perform the "Periodic
checking of approved and provisionally approved
meters. Hints for the sample taker and farmer"
are now available (9-Nov-2005)
-
"The
Business Plan for the Implementation of
International Genetic Evaluation Services for
Beef Breeds and Traits by Interbull",
prepared by the Interbeef Task Force is now
available (9-Nov-2005)
-
Ollivier Leray submitted new information on
List of analytical methods
in milk recording (17-October-2005)
-
Physiological and Technical Aspects of Machine
Milking, Nitra, Slovak Rep., 26-28 April 2005,
ICAR T.S. no. 10
(16-June-2005)
-
ICAR Newsletter,
May 2005
-
The Benckmark service
has been launched (18-April-2005)
-
In order to facilitate and inform a candidate member
for the organisation of a biennial session, two
documents were prepared:
-
The
Report of the Second meeting of ICAR Reference
Laboratory Network was submitted by O. Leray (about
1.800 Kb) (20-09-2004).
-
The site contains the Countries/Member
Organisations granted with the
ICAR Special Stamp
(23-June-2004).
-
The PDF file containing the results of
“Survey
on recording and validation of bovine artificial
insemination data” is now available on this web
(6-May-2004).