During the Puerto Varas 40th Session, the ICAR Board endorsed the formation of the DNA Working Group that relieve the duties of the previous Genetic Analysis Working Group
Composition
Chair
- Romy Morrin-O’Donnell, Weatherbys, Ireland
Members
- André Eggen, Illumina, France
- Johan De Meulemeester, Merck, USA
- Marta Gozdek, PFHBiPM, Poland
- Suzanne Harding, Holstein UK, United Kingdom
- Dariusz Kamola, Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy Farmers, Poland
- Nilesh Nayee, NDDB, India
- Ezequiel Nicolazzi, Council Dairy Cattle Breeding, USA
- Matthew McClure, ABS-Global, USA
- Clotilde Patry, ALLICE, France
- Jiansheng Qiu, Neogen Genomics, USA
- Brian van Doormaal, Lactanet, Canada
Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference for the DNA Working Group is available here
ICAR accreditation for laboratories for parentage testing in cattle by SNP and STR
ICAR annually accredits laboratories for cattle parentage verification by SNPs and STRs.
The rules and instructions for laboratory accreditation for “Microsatellite based parentage testing” and “SNP-based parentage testing” in cattle are available here . For both of the above accreditation, applicants have to provide the ISAG membership number and any other certification has to be provided/translated into English
The list of accredited laboratories for parentage verification in cattle is available here. ICAR reminds that the accreditation is valid for two years
ICAR accreditation for laboratories as DNA Data Interpretation Centres
This accreditation service allows organisations wishing to carry out SNP-based parentage analysis services to be accredited by an independent third party (ICAR). Organisations wishing to be a service user of GenoEx-PSE, must first receive the ICAR Accreditation for DNA Data Interpretation Centres. More information about this accreditation are available here
The list of the laboratories that have already been granted with the ICAR Accreditation as Data Interpretation Centres for SNP-Based Parentage Verification is available here
Relevant useful documents
- Video of the webinar on “Launch of ICAR Parentage Discovery Certification Services” presented by Brian van Doormaal, Lactanet, at the ICAR 2022 Annual Conference on June 2nd 2022 is available here
- ISAG cattle core + additional SNP panel 2013
- On-line Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA)
- Understanding Genetics and Complete Genetic Disease and Trait Definition (Expanded edition – Condensed edition)
- Survey on “Worldwide trend towards the use of molecular methods in parentage and diagnostic analyses”
- Patent Watch website managed by EFFAB (European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders)
