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Welcome to ICAR's prototype Guidelines Wiki. The content on this wiki is derived from the Guidelines. It is intended to grow into a production wiki over time and as an editorial organization is established. The ICAR Guidelines attempt to provide the world-wide farm livestock recording sector with detailed standards and guidelines representing the state-of-the-art for the full range of activities involved in the identification, performance recording and evaluation of farm livestock.

Sections

Section 0 – Preamble

Section 01 – General Rules

Section 02 – Cattle Milk Recording

Section 03 – Beef Cattle Recording

Section 04 – DNA Technology

Section 05 – Conformation Recording

Section 06 – AI and ET Data and Fertility Analysis

Section 07 – Bovine Functional Traits

Section 08 – Certificate of Quality

Section 09 – Dairy Cattle Genetic Evaluation

Section 10 – Identification Device Certification

Section 11 – Testing, Approval and Checking of Measuring, Recording and Sampling Devices

Section 12 – Milk Analysis

Section 13 – On-farm Milk Analysis

Section 14 – Alpaca and Goat Identification and Fibre

Section 15 – Data Exchange

Section 16 – Dairy Sheep and Goats

Section 17 – Buffalo Milk Recording

Section 18 – Breed Associations

Section 19 – Recording Feed Intake for Genetic Evaluation

Section 20 – Methane Emission for Genetic Evaluation

Section 21 – Meat, reproduction and maternal trait in sheep and goats

Section 22 – Sustainability recording traits

Section 23 – Wool Sheep Recording

Glossary

Working groups

Feed and Gas Working Group