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Activities of the ICAR groups since Auckland 2018 and acknowledgments
to the members of groups
ICAR 2019 ANNUAL REPORT
ICAR activities have been made possible by
the voluntary work of the members of the
Sub-Committees, Task Forces and Working
Groups and by the active support of their
organisations that are hereby listed and
warmly acknowledged
SUB-COMMITTEES
Animal IdentificationThe main achievements in 2018 of the ID SC
were:
• ReviewingandfinalizingICAR’sFieldTestingProtocolforAnimalIdentificationdevices,focusingondeviceretention.ProgressingthedesignoftherelevantICARservice.
• ReviewingtheneedtodevelopqualityandenvironmentalperformancetestingofUHFeartags,incollaborationwithISO’sTC23-SC19-WG3‘Identification’.
• PlanningtheupdatingofSection10oftheICARGuidelines.Topicstobereviewedin2019include:theeartagapplicatorclosingforce,thecolourstainingofeartags,andthelengthoftheeartags’malepin.
• Planninga2019RingTestforRFIDdevicesamongtheaccreditedTestCentres
• ReviewingtheTermsofReferenceoftheSub-Committee
COMPOSITION
• JoQuigley,IntegritySystemsCompanyLimited,Australia(Chairperson)
• KaivoIlves,PõllumajandusloomadeJõudluskontrolliAS,Estonia
• FolkertOnken,DeutscherVerbandfürLeistungsundQualitätsprüfungene.V,Germany
• ErikRehben,Institutdel’Élevage,France
• OthónReynosoCampos,SINIIGA,SistemaNacionaldeIdentificaciónIndividualdeGanadoenMéxico,Mexico
InterbullPrioritiesofInterbullfor2018/2019:
1)MarketingofGenoEx-PSE,andexpansiontoother services:
• Generalinformationhasbeenprovidedpublicly.
• ICARAccreditedDNADataInterpretationOrganisationshavebeenapproachedspecifically
• Noservicefeesfor2018and2019havebeenchargedfororganisationssigningupin2018.
• 9ServiceUserstodate.
2)MaintainupdatedvalidationandInternationalevaluationservices,includingconductingSNPMacefeasibilityproject.
• SNPMacefeasibilityprojectstartedinMay2018andisongoing(enddateNovember2019),
3) ImplementationofInterbullCentre’sroleasEUReferenceCentre
COMPOSITION
• ReinhardReents,VIT,IT-SolutionsforAnimalProduction,Germany(Chairperson)
• GordonA.Doak,NationalAssociationofAnimalBreeders/CertifiedSemenServices,USA
• MarijaKlopcic,UniversityofLjubljana,BiotechnicalFaculty,Slovenia
• SophieMattalia,FranceGénétiqueÉlevageINRA-SGQA,France
• GertPedersenAamand,NordiskAvelsvärderingUdkærsvej,Denmark
• EnricoSantus,AssociazioneNazionaleAllevatoriBovinedellaRazzaBruna,Italy
• MatthewShaffer,DataGeneLimited,Australia
• BrianvanDoormaal,Lactanet,Canada
• MarcoWinters,DairyCo,Agriculture&HorticultureDevelopmentBoard,UnitedKingdom
Milk Analysis• PhilippeTrossat,Actalia/Actilait/Cecalait,
France
• FredericDehareng,LaboratoryofmilkanalysisoftheValorisationofAgriculturalProducts,Belgium
• MarinaGips,CentralMilkLaboratory–ICBA,Israel
• MichelGrisé,Lactanet,Canada
• AmelGuellouz,DirectorateofGeneticImprovement,(OEP),Tunisia
• SorenHansen,Eurofins,Denmark
• JohnRhoads,EasternLaboratoryServices,USA
• ChristianRiede,LKVRheinland-Pfalz/Saar,Germany
• ElezbietaRybicka,PolishFed.ofCattleBreedersandDairyFarmers,Poland
• DenaSnidall,CattleInformationSystem(CIS),UnitedKingdom
• HarrievandenBijgaart,QlipB.V.,TheNetherlands
• OscarWenzel,Cooperinsem,Chile
Recording and Sampling DevicesThemainachievementsoftheRSDSCin2018
were:
• AdditionoftwonewmemberstoRSD-SCfromSwitzerlandandFinland.
• Face-to-facemeetingswithmanufacturersincludingLely,DeLaval,SAC,Hokofarm,GEA,Dairymaster,Fullwood,Afimilk,SCR,Nedap,Boumatic,Pearson,andLMS.
• LaunchofnewweblistingofcertifieddevicesandcertifiedAMS-samplercombinations.
• DevelopmentoflandingpageforRSD-SC.
• Streamlinedprotocolsfordevicetestingandapprovals.
• PhaseIoftestingeffectofairadmission(outsideISOspecifications)onaccuracyofmilkrecordingandsamplingdevices.
• StreamlinedapproachformemberandmanufacturerannualreportingtoICARRSD-SC.Reportsundernewsystemwillbeevaluatedon17June2019atRSD-SCmeeting.
• ContactwithallmanufacturersaboutpurchaseandapplicationofICARlabelsfordevicesasoutlinedintheICARguidelines.
COMPOSITION
• StevenSievert,NationalDHIA&DHIAServices,USA(Chairperson)
• FelixAdrion,Agroscope,Switzerland
• RichardCantin,Lactanet,Canada
• JustinFrankfort,NMR,UnitedKingdom
• AlainGastebled,IDELE,France
• PeterHuijsmans,KwaliteitszorgOnderhoudMelkinstallaties(KOM),TheNetherlands
• KirsiLeppikorpi,ProAgriaKeski-Pohjanmaa,Finland
• JonasPersson,RYK,DanishCattleFederation,Denmark
• DanutaRadzio,PolishFed.ofCattleBreedersandDairyFarmers,Poland
• HubertRothfuss,LKVWeser-Emse.V.,Germany
• AndrewScott,LIC,NewZealand
TASK FORCE
Sensor DeviceThemainachievementsoftheSDTFin2018
were:
• Developmentofsummaryofsensordevicesinmarketplacewithclassificationmytraitmeasured,technologyanddatausage.LiveonICARwebsite.
• Reviewandsummaryofcharacteristicreferencemeasurements(goldstandardforthosetraitswhereexists)forvariousdatameasurements(continuestoevolve)–willbedistributedtochairsforinternaluseaftercollectionofadditionalperformancecriteriafrommanufacturers.
• Outreachtomanufacturers–thereisexpressedinterestfromDairymaster,Boumatic,Afimilk,SCR,Nedap.
• DevelopmentofdatameasurementstructuretobeusedinICARguidelines.
• PlanneddevelopmentofICARcodingsystemforallrecording(meters,samplers,sensors)devices.WillreachouttoInterbullfordevelopmentandmaintenancebyICAR.
• LanguagedevelopmentfornewsectionoftheICARguidelinesforSDoverview–willneedtobeformattedbyICARstaff,endorsedbyICARBoardandthenpresentedtoGeneralAssembly.
• TransitionplanforconclusionofSD-TFandmoveworkproducttoRSD-SC.
COMPOSITION
• StevenJ.Sievert,NationalDHIA,USA
• ClémentAllain,Institutdel’Elevage,France
• FranzJosefAuer,LandeskontrollverbandTirol,Austria
• CeciliaBågenvik,DeLaval,Sweden
• KeesDeKoning,AnimalSciencesGroupWageningenUR,TheNetherlands
• ChristaEgger-Danner,ZuchtDataEDV-DienstleistungenGmbh,Austria
• UffeLauritsen,DanishAgriculturalAdvisoryService,Denmark
• ReinhardReents,VIT,IT,Germany
• JeroenvandenBan,LelyInternationalN.V.,TheNetherlands
• HarrievandenBijgaart,QlipB.V.,TheNetherlands
• BrianWickham,ICARSecretariat,Ireland
WORKING GROUPS
Animal Data ExchangeOneofthetasksoftheADEWGwastoconducta
surveywithADEstakeholderstoassessstatusof
ADEstandardsimplementationandfutureplans.
Thesurveywasconductinspringof2019and
resultswillbesharedduringtheICARmeeting.
Overallthemessageregardingimplementation
isverypositivewithnoneoftherespondents
indicatingtheywillnotimplementanyofthe
ADEstandards.Thetechnicalworkinggrouphas
continueddevelopingtheRESTAPItechnical
aspectsandwillbepresentingtheproposal
duringtheJuneICARmeeting.Expansionof
thedatadictionarywasputonholdduetothe
prioritybeingonthetransformationfromSOAP
toREST/JSONspecs.
COMPOSITION
• RobertHFourdraine,CRIInternationalCenterforBiotechnologyUSA,(Co-Chair)
• Bertvan’tLand,CoöperativeCRVu.a.TheNetherlands,(Co-Chair)
• LarsBergman,DeLaval
• DavidBleloch,ShearwellDataLtdUK
• AndrewCooke,RezareSystemsLtd.NewZealand
• MarkDoornink,VAS(ValleyAgriculturalSoftware)USA
• JohannesFrandsen,SEGESDenmark
• SarahGörlich,ASRandQualitasAG,Switzerland
• SimonJenkins,DataGeneAustralia
• FreddieRuijser,LelyInternationalN.V.,
• JulietteLeClaire,FIEA,France
• MichaelLynch,ICBF,Ireland
• BeateMaassen-Francke,GEAFarmTechnologiesGmbH,Germany
• RobertMoore,Lactanet,Canada
• DamienPachoud,DatamarsSA,Switzerland
• FreddieRuijs,Lely,TheNetherlands
• SvenSchierenbeck,VIT,Germany
• Harm-JanvanderBeek,UnformAgri,TheNetherlands
Artificial Insemination and Related Technologies• OlivierGérard,Allice,France(Co-Chair)
• FritzSchmitz-Hsu,Swissgenetics,Switzerland(Co-Chair)
• JensBaltissen,BundesverbandRindundSchweine.V.,Germany
• MeltonDeJarnette,NAAB(SelectSires),USA
• JosHooijer,CRV,TheNetherland
• LambertoMorelli,INSEMESpA,Italy
• RichardSpelman,LIC,NewZealand
Breed AssociationThemainachievementsoftheBAWGwere:
• MembershipoftheWG
• JerseyBulls(purityissue)
• TORBreedAssociationsWG
• GuidelinesforBreedAssociations
• Auditquestionsreview
COMPOSITION
• SuzanneHarding,HolsteinUK,UK(Chairperson)
• DavidB.Hambrook,RoyalJerseyAgricultural&HorticulturalSociety-RoyalJersey,UnitedKingdom
• CharlHunlun,ICARSecretariat,
• JosefKucera,CzechMoravianBreedersCorporation,CzechRepublic
• PaulineMichot,CharolaisHerdBook,France
• StevenSkinner,ABRI,Australia
• CourtneyWalker,TheWorldGuernseyCattleFederation,UnitedKingdom
• CherilynWatson,WorldHolsteinFriesianFederation,NewZealand
• BrianWickham,ICARSecretariat,Ireland
Conformation Recording• GerbenDeJong,CoöperativeCRVu.a.,The
Netherlands(Chairperson)
• PierreBerrechet,IDELE,France
• GabrielBlanco,CONAFE,Spain
• LászlóBognár,HungarianHolsteinAssociation,Hungary
• BernhardLuntz,InstitutfurTierzucht,Germany
• TimothéeNeuenschwander,HolsteinSwitzerland,Switzerland
Dairy Cattle Milk RecordingThemainachievementsoftheRSDSCin2018
were:
• AsurveyonGlobal24-HourCalculationTrendsinAutomaticMilkingSystems&ClassicalMilkRecordingSystems.Researchandupdatethe24-hourcalculationssectionoftheGuidelines.
• Organisesessions,apracticalworkshoponcattlemilkrecording,andpreparepapersfortheICARconferenceinPrague.
• DevelopprojectsongeneralpartsoftheGuidelines,definespecifictopicsandengageinin-depthdiscussionsonthesepointswithaviewtoimprovingtheGuidelines.
• SupportCoQforDCMRfunctions.DevelopturtlediagramsandKPIsforICARMRaudits.
• ProvidesupporttootherICARGroupsandICARmemberswherenecessary.
• MilkRecordingWorkshopatICAR2019inPragueorganisedbytheworkinggroup.
• Researchproject:RecalculationoftheLiuMethod
• Bigdataproject
• Discussiononhowcomparingdifferent24-hourcalculationmethods
• TheWGisalsocarryingoutseveralspecialistprojects:
• Connectionsbetweenmilkyieldproductionandhealthtraitsandwhattheymeanforfarmers(postpartumdiseaseandfutureperformance)
• Individuallactationqualification–discussionandanalysis
COMPOSITION
• PavelBucek,CzechMoravianBreeder’sCorporationInc.,CzechRepublic(Chairperson)
• FranzJosefAuer,LandeskontrollverbandTirol,Austria
• XavierBourrigan,IDELE,France
• BruceDokkebakken,MinnesotaDairyHerdImprovementAssociation,USA
• KaiKuwan,VereinigteInformationssystemeTierhaltungw.V.,Germany
• JuhoKyntäjä,ProAgriaGroup,Finland
• YanivLavon,IsraelCattleBreeders’Association(ICBA),Israel
• FilippoMiglior,OntarioGenommics,Canada
• DanutaRadzio,PolishFederationofCattleBreedersandDairyFarmers,Poland
• FriedrichReinhardt,VIT-Vereinigte
InformationssystemeTierhaltungw.V.,Germany
• CarlosTrejoJimene,Consultant,Chile
DNA Thefollowingactivitieswerecompletedsincethe
lastICARmeetinginFebruary2018:
• CompletedtherevisionofICARGuidelinesSection4-GuidelinesforDNATechnology.
• IncollaborationwiththeInterbullCentre,launchedtheICARaccreditationservicetoDNADataInterpretationCentresforSNP-basedparentageverification(currently20approvedorganizations).
• SupportedtheInterbullCentreintheofficialintroductionoftheGenoEx-PSEservice(currently9serviceagreementssigned).
• Completedthe2018callforICARaccreditationoflaboratoriesforSNP-basedand/ormicrosatellite(STR)-basedgenotypingandparentageverification.
• PreparedadraftconflictofinterestpolicyformembersoftheWG
• InitiateddiscussionstodefinetherequirementsforexpansionofotherservicesusingtheGenoExplatform.
COMPOSITION
• BrianvanDoormaal,Lactanet,Canada(Chairperson)
• AndréEggen,AgriGenomics,EMEA,IlluminaFranceSARL,France
• SuzanneHarding,HolsteinUK,UK
• DariuszKamola,PolishFederationofCattleBreedersandDairyFarmers,Poland
• SandraKipp,VIT,Germany
• RaffaeleMazza,AssociazioneItalianaAllevatori,Italy
• MatthewMcClure,ABS-Global,USA
• RomyMorrin-O’Donnel,lWeatherbys,Ireland
• NileshNayee,NationalDairyDevelopmentBoard,India
• EzequielLuisNicolazzi,CDCB,CouncilonDairyCattleBreeding,USA
• JianshengQiu,NeogenGenomicsOperations,USA
• JoannaSendecka,InterbullCentre,SLUUniversity,Sweden
• WimvanHaeringen,Dr.VanHaeringenLaboratoriumb.v.,TheNetherlands
Feed and Gas• RoelVeerkamp,GES,TheNetherlands
(Chairperson)
• YvettedeHaas,WageningenUniversityandResearch,TheNetherlands(co-Chairperson)
• RaffaellaFinocchiaro,ANAFI,Italy
• PeterGarnsworthy,UniversityofNottingham,UnitedKingdom
• BirgitGredler,QualitasAG,Switzerland
• NinaKrattenmacher,UniversityKiel,Germany
• JanLassen,VikingGenetics,Denmark
• FilippoMiglior,OntarioGenomics,Canada
• JenniePryce,DepartmentofEconomicDevelopment,Jobs,TransportandResources,Australia
Functional TraitsThemainachievementsoftheFTWGin2018
were:
• Guidelineonlameness
• Surveyonwelfarerecording
• ICARClawHealthAtlas(Exchangeofpicturesandextension)
COMPOSITION
• ChristaEgger-Danner,ZuchtDataEDV-DienstleistungenGmbh,Austria(Chairperson)
• AndrewJohnBradley,QualityMilkManagementServicesLtd,UnitedKingdom
• NoureddineCharfeddine,CONAFE,Spain
• JohnB.Cole,USDA-AnimalImprovementProgramsLaboratory,USA
• KathrinFriederikeStock,VIT,Germany
• NicolasGengler,FacultédesSciencesAgronomiquesdeGembloux,Belgium
• MarieHaskell,Scotland’sRuralCollege,UK
• BjørgHeringstad,Geno,NorwegianUniversityofLifeSciences,Norway
• JenniePryce,DPIVictoria,Australia
• ElsaVasseur,McGill,Canada
Interbeef • AndrewCromie,IrishCattleBreeders
Federation,Ireland(Chairperson)
• RobertBanks,AnimalGeneticsandBreedingUnit(AGBU),Australia
• PavelBucek,CzechMoravianBreeder’sCorporationInc.,CzechRepublic
• EmmaCarlén,VXA,Sweden
• MauroFioretti,AssociazioneItalianaAllevatori,Italy
• LaurentGriffon,Institutdel’Elevage,France
• KirstyMoore,EGENES/SRUC,UK
• FriedrichReinhardt,VIT-VereinigteInformationssystemeTierhaltungw.V.,Germany
• JapievanderWesthuizen,SAStudBookandAnimalImprovementAssociation,SouthAfrica
Sheep, Goats and CamelidsThemainachievementsin2018oftheSGCWG
were:
• OrganizetheEAGonlargecamelidswithmembersandagenda.Firstaction:setupasurveyonlargecamelids(doneinspring2019).
• Producefirstversionoftheguidelinesonmeat,reproductionandmaternaltraits.DraftsenttotheWGinMay2019.
• DiscussnextprioritiesforEAGfiber,especiallyregardingwooltraits.Preparationofaquestionnaireonwoolrecording(meetinginRomeon13Feb.2019).
• OrganizeasessiondedicatedtosmallruminantsattheICARconferenceinPrague.
• Syntheticvalorizationoftheon-linesurveyondairysheepandgoats
• UpdatesectionSGCWGoftheICARwebsite
COMPOSITION
• Jean-MichelAstruc,Institutdel’Elevage-DépartementGénétiqueetPhénotypes,France(Chairperson)
• MarcoAntonini,ENEA,Italy
• DanielBrown,AnimalGeneticsandBreedingUnit,Australia
• AntonelloCarta,AGRISSardegna,Italy
• JoanneConington,Animal&VeterinarySciences,SRUC,UnitedKingdom
• SilverioGrande,AssociazioneItalianaAllevatori(AIA),Italy
• PeraHerold,UniversityofHohenheim,Germany
• ValerieLoywyck,IDELE,France
• SharonMcIntyre,BeefandLambNZGenetcis,NewZealand
• JuanManuelSerradillaManrique,UniversityofCórdoba,Spain
• MojcaSimčič,UniversityofLjubljana,Slovenia
• AlessiaTondo,AssociazioneItalianaAllevatori(AIA),Italy
• EvaUgarte,NEIKER,Spain
• DanijelMulc,CroatianAgencyforAgricultureandFood,Croatia
• EamonWallSheepIreland,Ireland