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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 National Research Institute of Animal Production in Krakow, Department of Cattle Breeding (Poland) successfully renewed their ICAR Parentage Analysis Accreditation as DNA Data Interpretation Centres
(31-Jan.-2023) - The slides and the video of the webinar on "The ICAR ADE standards. Version 1.3" organised by the ICAR Animal Data Exchange Working Group have been made available
(27-01-2023) - Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, CDCB (USA) and CRV Coöperative ua, AEU, Animal Evaluation Unit (The Netherlands) successfully renewed their ICAR Parentage Analysis Accreditation as DNA Data Interpretation Centres
(19-Jan.-2023)
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The Proceedings of the ICAR 2022 Annual Conference (Montreal) have been published.
The Proceedings, Presentations, Abstracts and pictures of the ICAR 2022 Annual Conference in Montreal have been made available
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.
One webinar on two dates: 25 & 26 January on "Release of the Animal Data Exchange standard
The V. 1.3 release provides fixes and improvements to previous versions, and adds specifications for a streaming data synchronisation
The IDF-ICAR initiative about ExtraMIR has been launched
project with the overall goal to offer a more complete and deeper understanding of the activities related to the use of Mid Infrared (MIR) spectra
Information on the ICAR 2023 Annual Conference in Toledo (Spain) from 21 to 26 May
A preliminary draft of the web site has been prepared and the Programme and the Call for contributions will be circulated by January 2023
"Call for the ICAR Proficiency Test for milk laboratories (Reference and Routine methods)
In 2023, two rounds are planned: in March and in September 2023. It complies with analytical quality assurance requirements ISO 17025
Informative material from the webinar on ICAR Proficiency Test (incuding video and PPTs)
Two different kind of reports (for Reference and Routine methods) have been produced and already distributed to the laboratories
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
