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About Interbull The International Bull Evaluation Service (Interbull) is an ICAR subcommittee, and as a nonprofit organization is responsible for promoting the development and execution of international genetic evaluations for cattle. It achieves this through coordinating international communication and research efforts, and providing several services to participating countries through the activities of the Interbull (IB) Centre in Uppsala, Sweden. IB provides four major benefits to its member countries: international communication, research and development, genetic evaluation service and technical support. IB coordinates international communication through meetings, workshops, surveys, presentations, publications and its Internet site www.interbull.org. The Interbull Centre provides international leadership in researching and developing methods for generating international genetic evaluations. The International Genetic Evaluation Service, provided by the Interbull Centre, calculates international genetic evaluations for most of the economically important traits in dairy cattle. More than 25 countries currently subscribe to this service. IB provides member countries with advice and assistance on all matters relating to the genetic evaluation of cattle. This includes guidance for countries developing joint evaluation or recording schemes and recommended codes of practice for national evaluation systems. |