International Representation

International Representation

ICBF participates in a number of international activities relevant to cattle breeding. These include:

• Membership of ICAR - the International Committee of Animal Recording. This organisation plays a major role in establishing guidelines for animal recording and provides a range of services including:
  • The Patenting and Sentinel Action Service - website providing information related to patents relevant to animal breeding organisations.
  • A recording devices testing and certification service under the guidance of its Recording Devices Sub-Committee.
  • A milk testing laboratory service under the guidance of its Milk Testing Laboratories Sub-Committee.
  • ICAR's newsletter is available here.
  • The last meeting of Interbull and ICAR was at Niagara Falls in June 2008. Click here for copies of presentations.
• Membership of Interbull - a sub-committee of ICAR that provides international genetic evaluation service for cattle.
• Membership of the Interbeef Working Group of ICAR. Brian Wickham is Chairperson of this group which is charged with the task of developing a prototype international evaluation service for the beef breeds and traits.
• Membership of EFFAB - an independent European forum of farm animal reproduction and selection organisations in cattle and other species.
• Regular participation in the World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production - last meeting in Brazil in August 2006 and next meeting scheduled for August 1-7, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany.
• Regular participation in the meetings of EAAP - the European Association of Animal Production. EAAP will meet in Lithuania in 2008.
• ICBF is participating in EURECA, an EU funded project to develop systems for supporting the genetic conservation of cattle. 
• ICBF is a member of the Ovultest consortium to research and develop a system for heat and pregnancy in cattle.  This collaborative effort is being funded as part of the EU Commissions Sixth Framework Program.  More information can be obtained here.

12th October 2007