Measuring, Recording and Sampling Devices Sub Committee
Objectives
- Provide a forum for ICAR members to collaborate, exchange information and learn from each other on all aspects of recording and sampling devices used on cattle, sheep, goats and buffalo.
- Maintain, update, promote and extend universal guidelines for evaluating and certifying recording devices including on-farm milk recording devices, devices for recording animal weight, devices for body condition recording, and other devices as deemed important to the work of ICAR members.
- Develop, provide and promote a system and standards for recording and sampling devices testing and evaluation that includes review, official testing and certification of devices.
- Facilitate and coordinate international communication and collaboration in research and development on recording and sampling devices such as carry-over impact, computerized solutions, and sensor device data inclusion.
- Collaboration with other ICAR Sub-Committees and Working Groups to support the aims of these groups.
Test Centres
The ICAR Test Centres for the approval of recording devices are:
Composition
Chair
- Steven J. Sievert – National DHIA & DHIA Services (USA)
Members
- Thomas Denninger – Swissherdbook (Switzerland)
- Alain Gastebled – IDELE (France)
- Peter Huijsmans – Qlip (The Netherland)
- Kirsi Leppikorpi – Proagria (Finland)
- Angie Lockwood – NMR (UK)
- Janette Mathie – CIS (UK)
- Jean-Marc Neilson – Lactanet (Canada)
- Lorenzo Pascarella – AIA (Italy)
- Jonas Persson – Viking Danmark (Denmark)
- Hubert Rothfuss – LKV Niedersachsen (Germany)
