Publications

ICAR disseminates information through a number of publications, listed below:

• ICAR Recording Guidelines
• ICAR Technical Series (ISSN: 1563-2504) and Proceedings of the Sessions and Meetings
• Biennial statistics of milk recording.
• On-line database for Cow, Sheep and Goats milk recording systems
• Webinars
• Newsletter
• Other publications.

Publications

The following, are some links of technical material that have been produced from the last meetings:

• 2023 ICAR Conference held in Toledo, Spain
• 2022 ICAR Conference held in Montreal, Canada
• 2021 ICAR Conference held virtually
• 2019 ICAR Conference held in Prague, CZ
• 2018 ICAR Conference held in Auckland, NZ
• 2017 ICAR Conference held in Edinburgh, UK
• 2016 ICAR Biennial Session held in Puerto Varas, Chile
• 2015 Presentations at the ICAR Technical Meeting held in Krakow and its Proceedings
• 2015 ICAR/FAO International Seminar on Animal identification and recording, Pretoria, South Africa
• 2014 International Conference on “Key Principles of Creation of National Systems of Identification and
  Traceability of Farm Livestock”, Moscow, Russia
• 2014 ICAR Biannial Session held in Berlin
• 2014 ICAR/Interbeef Genomics Workshop, Dublin, Ireland
• 2013 ICAR Technical Meeting 2013, Aarhus, Denmark (29-31 May 2013) and Health Data Conference on “Challenges and Benefits of Health Data Recording in the Context of Food Chain Quality, Management and Breeding”
  Presentations as PDF – Pictures
• 2012 Cork, Ireland. 38th ICAR Biennial Session (28 May – 1 June, 2012)
  Abstracts, Presentations, Videos and Manuscripts (as PDF files) – Pictures
• 2011 Santiago de Chile, Chile, (5-7 December 2011). Animal identification and recording systems for traceability and livestock development in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean
  Presentations – Papers
• 2011 Bourg-en-Bresse, France, (22-24 June 2011). Technical Meeting on “New technologies and new challenges for breeding and herd management”.
  Presentations – Photos – Posters
• 2010 Riga, Latvia. 37th ICAR Biennial Session (31 May-4 June 2010)
  Presentations (as PDF files), Proceedings and Pictures
• 2009. Porec, Croatia: Technical Meeting on “Management of new recording and evaluation technologies” (12-16 May 2009)
  Presentations (as PDF file). Pictures at the Session – Pictures at the “Technical Tour”
• 2008. Niagara Falls, USA, 36th ICAR Biennial Session (16-20 June 2008)
  Proceedings – Presentations as PDF file – Pictures
• 2007. Verona, Italy, Technical Meeting and General Assembly (30 May-1 June 2007). Presentations as PDF files
• 2006. Kuopio, Finland, 35th ICAR Biennial Session (6-9 June 2006)
  Presentations as PDF file

Webinars

• ICAR webinar of the “Brian Wickham Young Person’s Ex2 Series”. Jo Newton presented her experience and key findingsheld (14 December.)
• ICAR/IDF webinar on “ExtraMIR (Part 1): A common platform for testing and validating models” (12 December 2023) (organised by the ICAR MA SC and IDF)
• ICAR webinar on “Using sensor data for animal health and welfare improvement along the dairy value chain: merits and requirements” (25 May, 2023, organised by the ICAR Functional Traits WG)
• ICAR webinar on “Measure and analyse individual methane emission in cattle” (23 May 2003, organised by the ICAR Feed and Gas WG)
• ICAR-IDF workshop on “ExtraMIR – Extra value from MIR spectra” (May 2023, organised by the Milk Analysis SC)
• ICAR-IDF webinar on “New ICAR/IDF project on the use of infrared data – ExtraMIR” (28 March 2023, organised by the Milk Analysis SC)
• ICAR-EAAP webinar on “Large-scale recording of feed intake in dairy cattle on commercial farms” (14 March 2023, organised by the Feed and Gas WG)
• ICAR webinar on “The ICAR ADE standards. Version 1.3” (26 January 2023)
• ICAR webinar on the “Launch of ICAR Parentage Discovery Certification Services” (2 June 2022)
• ICAR webinar on “Launch of ICAR Parentage Discovery Certification Services” (Organised by the DNA WG June 2nd 2022)
• ICAR/IDF webinar on “Recording and evaluation of BCS and its relationship with health and welfare”. (organised by the Functional Traits Working Group. 31 May 2022)
• First Webinar on the Proficiency Test for milk laboratories: ICAR contribution to the worldwide traceability (June 2021, organised by the Milk Analysis SC)
• Animal-based indicators to promote welfare in dairy cows (organised by the Functional Traits Working Group; April 2021)
• Frameworks for animal welfare assessment and meeting stakeholder needs (organised by the Functional Traits Working Group; February 2021).
• Lameness in dairy cows: the challenging battle (organised by the Functional Traits Working Group; January 2021)
• Interbeef: working together on national and international evaluations for beef cattle (Organised by the Interbeef Working Group; December 2020)
• Development and Application of a Certified Reference Material for Somatic Cell Counting in Milk Milk analysis (Organised by the Milk Analysis Sub-Committee; December 2020)
• Animal-based indicators to promote welfare in dairy cows (organised by the Functional Traits Working Group; June 2020)
• Examples of Animal Data Exchange (organised by the Animal Data Exchange Working Group; June 2020)
• ICAR and the Animal Data Exchange standards (organised by the ADE Working Group)