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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 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.
Latest news from ICAR here ....
- The new Section 4 (DNA) and Section 5 (Conformation recording) of the ICAR Guidelines have been published
(22-06-2022) - The video of the ICAR/IDF webinar on “Recording and evaluation of BCS and its relationship with health and welfare”. 31 May 2022 is now available
(8-June-2022) - Romy Morrin-O’Donnell (Weatherbys, Ireland) is the new Chairperson of the ICAR DNA Working Group, replacing Brian Van Doormall that previously served the workiing group for 6 years
(7-June-2022) - Video of the ICAR webinar on "Launch of ICAR Parentage Discovery Certification Services” held on June 2nd 2022 during the ICAR Annual Conference in Montreal has been published
(7-June-2022) - Enrico Santus and Laurent Griffon have been elected to the ICAR Board replacing Frido Amoen and Laurent Journaux…
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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
Translation into Spanish of the Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of Claw Health Atlas
The two publications present the Appendix 1 and 2 of the Claw Atlas and are added to those already made for a total of 24 translations
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.
Yearly survey on milk recording systems for cow, sheep and goats in 2020-2021
The updated publications incorporates dairy sector primary production information from a wide range of sources in a unique manner
The ICAR Proficiency Test (March 2022 round) has been finalised
Around 50 world-wide milk laboratories took part to the 2022 firt round of the ICAR Proficiency Test. Refrence and routine reports have been produced
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
The ICAR 2021 accreditation round of genetic laboratories has finalised
13 international world-wide laboratories have been ICAR accredited for SNP-based genotyping and STR microsatellite-based parentage testing in cattle
