ICAR activities have been made possible by the voluntary work of the members of the Sub-Committees and Working Groups and by the support of their organisations that are hereby

listed and warmly acknowledged

SUB-COMMITTEES

Animal Identification• Jo Quigley - Integrity Systems Company, (NLIS) - Australia,

(Chairperson)• Kaivo Ilves - Eesti Pollumajandusloomade Joudluskontrolli AS - Estonia• Folkert Onken - Deutscher Verband für Leistungs und

Qualitätsprüfungen e.V - Germany• Erik Rehben - Institut de l'Élevage - France• Othón Reynoso Campos - SINIIGA, Sistema Nacional de Identificación

Individual de Ganado en México - Mexico

Interbull• Reinhard Reents - VIT, IT - Solutions for Animal Production - Germany,

(Chairperson)• Daniel Abernethy - Zoetis Australia - Australia• Marjorie Faust - ABS Global, Inc. - USA• Marija Klopcic - University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty - Slovenia• Sophie Mattalia - France Génétique Élevage INRA-SGQA - France• Gert Pedersen Aamand - Nordisk Avelsvärdering Udkærsvej - Denmark• Enrico Santus - Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Bovine della Razza

Bruna - Italy• Brian Van Doormaal - Canadian Dairy Network - Canada• Marco Winters - DairyCo, AHDB - United Kingdom• Erling Strandberg - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences -

Sweden, (Secretary)

Milk Analysis• Gavin Scott - MilkTestNZ - New Zealand, (Chairperson)• Frederic Dehareng - Valorisation of Agricultural Products, Department

of Agricultural products of Walloon Agricultural Research Centre - Belgium

• Marina Gips - Central Milk Laboratory – ICBA - Israel• Amel Guellouz - Directorate of Genetic Improvement, (OEP) - Tunisia• Thomas Hauck - Laboratory Milchprüfring Bayern e.V. - Germany• John Rhoads - Eastern Laboratory Services - USA• Elezbieta Rybicka - Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy

Farmers - Poland• Dena Snidall - CIS - United Kingdom• Philippe Trossat - ACTALIA / ACTILAIT / CECALAIT - France• Harrie van den Bijgaart - Qlip B.V. - The Netherlands

Recording and Sampling Devices• Steven J. Sievert - National DHIA & DHIA Services - USA, (Chairperson)• Peter Huijsmans - Kwaliteitszorg Onderhoud Melkinstallaties (KOM) -

The Netherlands• Clément Allain - Institut de l’Elevage - France• Hubert Rothfuss - LKV Weser-Ems e.V. - Germany• Jonas Persson - RYK, Danish Cattle Federation - Denmark• Andrew Fear - Livestock Improvement Corporation - New Zealand• Danuta Radzio - Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy

Farmers - Poland• Richard Cantin - CanWest DHI - Canada• Justin Frankfort - NMR - United Kingdom

TASK FORCE

Sensor Device• Steven J. Sievert - National DHIA & DHIA Services - USA,

(Convenor)• Clément Allain - Institut de l’Elevage - France• Franz Josef Auer - Landeskontrollverband Tirol - Austria• Cecilia Bågenvik - DeLaval - Sweden• Martin Burke - ICAR - Ireland• Kees De Koning - Animal Sciences Group Wageningen UR - The

Netherlands• Uffe Lauritsen - Danish Agricultural Advisory Service - Denmark• Reinhard Reents - VIT, IT - Solutions for Animal Production -

Germany• Jeroen van den Ban - Lely International N.V. - The Netherlands• Brian Wickham - ICAR Secretariat - Ireland• Silvia Orlandini - ICAR Secretariat - Italy• Harrie van den Bijgaart - Qlip B.V. - The Netherlands

WORKING GROUPS

Animal Data Exchange• Robert H Fourdraine - CRI International Center for Biotechnology -

USA, (Chairperson)• Bert van't Land - CRV - The Netherlands, (Co-Chair)• David Bleloch - Shearwell Data Ltd - UK• Andrew Cooke - Rezare Systems Ltd. - New Zealand• Tony Francis - DataGene Limited - Australia• Johannes Frandsen - SEGES - Denmark• Sarah Görlich - ASR and Qualitas AG- Switzerland• Michael Lynch - ICBF - Ireland• Beate Maassen-Francke - GEA Farm Technologies GmbH -

Germany• Robert Moore - Valacta - Canada• Damien Pachoud - Datamars SA - Switzerland• Kalle Pedastaar - Eesti Pollumajandusloomade Joudluskontrolli AS

- Estonia• Sven Schierenbeck - VIT - Germany• Harm-Jan van der Beek - UnformAgri - The Netherlands

Artificial Insemination and R.T• Gordon A. Doak - National Association of Animal Breeders/Certified

Semen Services - USA, (Chairperson)• Lamberto Morelli - INSEME spa -• Gosse Veninga - CRV - The Netherlands• Olivier Gérard - IDELE - France• Jan-Ake Erikson - Växa Sverige - Sweden• Fritz Schmitz-Hsu - Swissgenetics - Switzerland• Jens Baltissen - Bundesverband Rind und Schwein e.V. - Germany

Breed Association• Suzanne Harding - Holstein UK - UK, (Chairperson)• Mariano Brave - Asociación Cridadores de Holando Argentino,

ACHA - Argentina• Egbert Feddersen - Bundesverband Rind und Schwein e. V. -

Germany

• Derrick Friggot - Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society - UK

• Zoltan Haller - Asociatia Crescatorilor de Vaci Baltata Romaneasca tip Simmental - Romania

• David B. Hambrook - Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society - United Kingdom

• Charl Hunlun - ICAR Secreatriat -• Josef Kucera - Czech Moravian Breeders Corporation - Czech

Republic• Ionut Costin Lupu - Romanian Holstein Breeders' Association -

Romania• Stamatis Milioudis - Holstein Association of Hellas - Greece• Felipe J. Ruiz Lopez - Asociacion Holstein de México, AC - Mexico• Kristyna Skopalova - World Simmental-Fleckvieh Federation -

Czech Republic• Roger Trewella - World Jersey Cattle Bureau - United Kingdom• José Luis Urquijo y Narváez - FEAGAS (Federación Española de

Asociaciones de Ganado Selecto) - Spain• Courtney Walker - The World Guernsey Cattle Federation - United

Kingdom• Brian Wickham - ICAR Secretariat - Ireland

Conformation Recording• Gerben De Jong - CRV - The Netherlands, (Chairperson)• Lucy Andrews-Noden - Holstein UK - United Kingdom• Gabriel Blanco - CONAFE - Spain• László Bognár - Hungarian Holstein Association - Hungary• Bethany Muir - Holstein Canada - Canada

Dairy Cattle Milk Recording• Pavel Bucek - Czech Moravian Breeder's Corporation Inc. - Czech

Republic, (Chairperson)• Franz Josef Auer - Landeskontrollverband Tirol - Austria• Xavier Bourrigan - IDELE - France• Kevin Haase - NorthStar Cooperative - USA• Astrid Koeck - ZuchtData - Austria• Kai Kuwan - Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung w.V. -

Germany• Juho Kyntäjä - ProAgria Group - Finland• Yaniv Lavon - Israel Cattle Breeders' Association (ICBA) - Israel, t• Filippo Miglior - Canadian Dairy Network - Canada• Danuta Radzio - Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy

Farmers - Poland• Friedrich Reinhardt - VIT - Vereinigte Informationssysteme

Tierhaltung w.V. - Germany• Carlos Trejo Jimene - COOPRINSEM - Chile

DNA • Brian Van Doormaal - Canadian Dairy Network - Canada,

(Chairperson)• André Eggen - AgriGenomics, EMEA, Illumina France SARL - France• Suzanne Harding - Holstein UK - UK• Dariusz Kamola - Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy

Farmers - Poland• Sandra Kipp - VIT - Germany• Raffaele Mazza - Associazione Italiana Allevatori, Laboratorio

Genetica e Servizi - Italy• Matthew McClure - ABS-Global - USA• Carine Megneaud - Chambre d'agriculture des Côtes d’Armor, EDE

de Bretagne - France• Romy Morrin-O'Donnell - Weatherbys Ireland - Ireland• Nilesh Nayee - National Dairy Development Board - India• Ezequiel Luis Nicolazzi - CDCB, Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding -

USA• Wim van Haeringen - Dr. Van Haeringen Laboratorium b.v. - The

Netherlands

Feed and Gas• Roel Veerkamp - GES - The Netherlands, (Chairperson)• Jennie Pryce - DPI Victoria - Australia• Raffaella Finocchiaro - ANAFI - Italy• Nina Krattenmacher - University Kiel - Germany

• Filippo Miglior - Canadian Dairy Network - Canada• Peter Garnsworthy - University of Nottingham - United Kingdom• Rouillé Benoit - INRA/IDELE - France• Birgit Gredler - Qualitas AG - Switzerland• Jan Lassen - Aarhus University - Denmark• Erwin Koenen - CRV - The Netherlands

Functional Traits• Christa Egger-Danner - ZuchtData EDV-Dienstleistungen Gmbh -

Austria, (Chairperson)• Noureddine Charfeddine - CONAFE - Spain• Andrew John Bradley - Quality Milk Management Services Ltd -

United Kingdom• Nicolas Gengler - Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux

- Belgium• John B. Cole - USDA - Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory -

USA• Jennie Pryce - DPI Victoria - Australia• Bjørg Heringstad - Norwegian University of Life Sciences - Norway• Kathrin Friederike Stock - VIT - Vereinigte Informationssysteme

Tierhaltung w.V. - Germany

Interbeef • Andrew Cromie - Irish Cattle Breeders Federation - Ireland,

(Chairperson)• Robert Banks - Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), UNE -

Australia• Pavel Bucek - Czech Moravian Breeder's Corporation Inc. - Czech

Republic• Emma Carlén - VXA - Sweden• Mauro Fioretti - Associazione Italiana Allevatori - Italy• Laurent Griffon - Institut de l'Elevage - France• Kirsty Moore - EGENES / SRUC - UK• Friedrich Reinhardt - VIT - Vereinigte Informationssysteme

Tierhaltung w.V. - Germany• Svenja Strasser - Swiss Beef Cattle, Mutterkuh Schweiz -

Switzerland• Japie van der Westhuizen - SA Stud Book and Animal Improvement

Association - South Africa

Sheep, Goats and Camelids• Jean-Michel Astruc - Institut de l'Elevage - France, (Chairperson)• Joanne Connington - Scottish Agricultural College - United

Kingdom, (Chairperson)• Marco Antonini - ENEA - Italy• Zdravko Barac - Croatian Agricultural Agency - Croatia• Daniel Brown - Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit - Australia• Antonello Carta - AGRIS Sardegna - Italy• Joanne Conington - Animal & Veterinary Sciences, SRUC - United

Kingdom• Silverio Grande - Associazione Italiana Allevatori (AIA) - Italy• Pera Herold - University of Hohenheim - Germany• Valerie Loywyck - IDELE - France• Sharon McIntyre - Beef and Lamb NZ Genetcis - New Zealand• Juan Manuel Serradilla Manrique - University of Córdoba - Spain• Mojca Simčič - University of Ljubljana - Slovenia• Alessia Tondo - Associazione Italiana Allevatori (AIA) - Italy• Eva Ugarte - NEIKER - Spain• Eamon Wall - Sheep Ireland - Ireland