Artificial Insemination & Relevant Technologies Working Group
Objectives
- Maintain, update, promote and extend universal guidelines for recording data associated with artificial breeding (for both male and female gametes, primarily in cattle) and its use to assess reproductive success.
- Conduct and report the results of periodic international surveys related the recording of artificial breeding data and its use to assess reproductive success.
- Identify and specify services that can be provided by Service ICAR to facilitate the recording of artificial breeding data and its use to assess reproductive success.
- Stimulate and facilitate international collaboration in research and development on all aspects of recording artificial breeding data and its use to assess reproductive success.
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Composition
Chair
- Marleen Broekhuijse, CRV, (The Netherlands)
Members
- Jens Baltissen Bundesverband Rind und Schwein e.V. (Germany)
- Melton DeJarnette NAAB (Select Sires) (USA)
- Knut Dragset Geno SA (Norway)
- Marja Eskelinen FABA (Finland)
- Olivier Gérard Allice (France)
- Liga Kubulina Sigmas (Latvia)
- Lamberto Morelli INSEME spa (Italy)
- Eliza Roberts CSS (subsidiary of NAAB, National Association of Animal Breeders) (USA)
- Richard Spelman LIC (New Zealand)
- A.K. Thiruvenkadan (India)
Associate Members
- Christian Simmet, MiniTub, Germany
- Angela De Mirjyn, IMV, France
Observer
- Edvardas Gedgaudas, Lithuania
- Jen-Wen Schiau, Taiwan
- Evija Skujiņa, Latvia
- Inguna Slice, Latvia
- Mingche Wu, Taiwan
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