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Introduction
The International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) is an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) which was formed on March 9th, 1951, in Rome. Presently it is composed of 128 Members from 57 countries. ICAR now strives to be the leading global provider of Guidelines, Standards and Certification for animal identification, animal recording and animal evaluation. ICAR wants to improve the profitability, and sustainability of farm animal production by:
- Establishing and maintaining guidelines and standards for best practice in all aspects of animal identification and recording.
- Certifying equipment, and processes used in animal identification, recording and genetic evaluations.
- Stimulating and leading: continuous improvement, innovation, research, knowledge development, and knowledge exchange.
- Providing services essential to achieving international collaboration in key aspects of animal recording and animal breeding.
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- The ICAR Sustainability Task Force has been established and its composition is now available
(26-Oct. -2021) - Xenética Fontao successfully granted the accreditation as DNA Data Interpretation Centre
(21-Oct.-2021) - The Proceedings of the ICAR 44th Annual Conference (2021) held in April have been published (Circular farming and its impact on animal genetics, animal recording of data and cattle / herd management) . G. de Jong, K. de Koning, H. van den Bijgaart, M. Burke and C. Mosconi (Eds). ISSN: 1563-2504 ISBN: 978-92-95014-20-6
(18-Oct.-2021) - ICAR PT round (September 2021) of milk analysis laboratories has been finalised. Reports have been delivered to the participating laboratories and other information are available to ICAR users
(13-Oct.-2021) - An alert on the Misuse of Manufacturer Code…
Abstracts, presentations and Proceedings of the ICAR 2021 Annual Conference
Proceedings of the 2021 virtual conference have been made freely available for downloading ISSN: 1563-2504; ISBN: 978-92-95014-20-6
ICAR/IDF workshop on Animal-based indicators to promote welfare in cows
During the ICAR Annual Conference, a virtual workshop on Welfare assessment was organised on 26 April and attended by 250 participants
A new platform for collecting data on "Cow, sheep and goats milk recording systems"
Various statistics are available on production, numbers of animals/herds, local species, fertility, type of lactation calculation et al.
ICAR 2021 Annual Conference in Montreal (CA) 30 May-3 june, finally as a "in presence" event
The Conference already has its website (www.icar2021.ca) and we invite you to browse its presenting video and introductory information
The ICAR Proficiency Test (September 2021 round) has been finalised
Around 50 world-wide milk laboratories (Reference or Routine) joined the ICAR PT round. Tailored reports to each of them have been delivered
New Procedure in "Application of EC JRC Certified Reference Material for SCC in milk"
After the launch of a new certified reference material by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC JRC), joint action by ICAR and IDF
Version 1.2 of the Animal Data Exchange specification released by ICAR ADE WG
Modern, API and JSON-based specification for individual animal data that supports automation technologies, mobile and web applications.
Informative material from the webinar on ICAR Proficiency Test (incuding video and PPTs)
Attended by 120 technicians and managers of national milk laboratories, the webinar presented the ICAR PT and the new platform
2021 call for accreditation of genetic laboratories is open.
The 2021 accreditation of genetic laboratories (SNP-based genotyping and STR microsatellite-based parentage testing in cattle) is open