Technical committee

The objective of the Interbull technical committee is to identify and review technical issues that may be essential for providing a high quality service to countries participating in the international genetic evaluations. This objective is achieved via the consideration of new or improved methods that increase the efficiency and accuracy of the evaluation service, while safeguarding the transparency of the services and its acceptability by Interbull members and customers.

The members of the Interbull Technical Committee (ITC) is listed in the table below.

The objective and mandate of the Interbull technical committee can be found in the ITC Terms of Reference .

Name	Contact
Gert Pedersen Aamand (Chair) E-mail: GAP@vfl.dk	Nordisk Avelsvärdering Udkærsvej 15, Skejby, DK-8200 Århus N Denmark
Hossein Jorjani E-mail: Hossein.Jorjani@slu.se	Interbull Centre P.O. Box 7023 SE-750 07 Uppsala Sweden
Gerrit Kistemaker E-mail: kistemaker@cdn.ca	Canadian Dairy Network 660 Speedvale Avenue West, Suite 102 Guelph, Ontario, N1K 1E5 Canada
Tom Lawlor E-mail: TLawlor@Holstein.com	Holstein USA 1 Holstein Place Brattleboro Vermont 05302 USA
Paul VanRaden E-mail: Paul.VanRaden@ARS.USDA.GOV	USDA - ARS Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory Building 5, BARC-West Beltsville, Maryland 20705 USA
Zengting Liu E-mail: zliu@vit.de	VIT Heideweg 1 D-27283 Verden Germany
Raphael Mrode E-mail: Raphael.Mrode@sruc.ac.uk	Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) Sir Stephen Watson Building Bush Estate / Penicuik Midlothian EH26 0PH United Kingdom
Esa Mäntysaari E-mail: esa.mantysaari@mtt.fi	Agrifood Research Finland Animal Production 31600 Jokioinen Finland
Gerben de Jong E-mail: Gerben.de.Jong@crv4all.com	CRV BV PO Box 454 6800 AL Arnhem The Netherlands
Peter Sullivan E-mail: sullivan@cdn.ca	Canadian Dairy Network 660 Speedvale Avenue West, Suite 102 Guelph, Ontario, N1K 1E5 Canada

Interbull Centre as EURC from November 2018
2017-08-15
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2017 Interbull Meeting - Scientific Program Available!
2017-07-11
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Professor Larry Schaeffer awarded ‘Doctor Honoris Causa’
2017-06-08
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REMINDER: 2017 Interbull Meeting Call for Titles
2017-06-05
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