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Task Forces

The following are the ICAR Task forces:

• Developing Countries

• Milk Recording Practices

• Pig recording

Developing Countries Task Force

Purpose	Expand ICAR activities beyond developed countries
Species – Breeds – Traits	Cattle, buffalo, sheep and goats All breeds & production systems All traits
Standards & Guidelines	Changes required to suit developing countries Multipurpose cattle in small herds Recording and genetic evaluation in developing countries
Services & Other	Workshops Network of contacts Collaboration with FAO
Responsible	Badi Besbes

Milk Recording Practices Task Force

Purpose	Using surveys, illustrate current milk recording schemes Using a test data set, assess the various degrees of accuracy of most used schemes
Species – Breeds – Traits	Dairy cattle All breeds Milk production traits
Standards & Guidelines	To be confirmed
Services & Other	Collaborate with other SC & WG in order to quantify the overall accuracy of a given system (ID, meter, sampling, recording scheme, analysis, …)
Responsible	Filippo Miglior

Pig Recording Task Force

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