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