Guidelines

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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

Preamble

General Rules

Cattle Milk Recording

Beef Cattle Recording

DNA Technology

Conformation Recording

AI and ET Data and Fertility Analysis

Bovine Functional Traits

Certificate of Quality

Dairy Cattle Genetic Evaluation

Identification Device Certification

Guidelines for Testing, Approval and Checking of Measuring, Recording and Sampling Devices

Milk Analysis

On-farm Milk Analysis

Alpaca and Goat Identification and Fibre

Data Exchange

Dairy Sheep and Goats

Buffalo Milk Recording

Breed Associations

Recording Feed Intake for Genetic Evaluation

Methane Emission for Genetic Evaluation

Meat, reproduction and maternal trait in sheep and goats

Glossary