Launch of GenoEx-PSE and Accreditation of DNA Data Interpretation Centres.

During the ICAR and Interbull Meetings in Chile at the end of October 2016, two new DNA-based services will be presented and discussed for an official launch by January 2017:

• Parentage SNP Exchange (“GenoEx-PSE”) – a service for exchanging standardized sets of SNP for genotyped animals to facilitate parentage analysis activities.
• A service for Accreditation of DNA Data Interpretation Centres.

The main purpose of GenoEx-PSE is to provide a service for exchanging standardized sets of SNP for genotyped animals to facilitate parentage analysis activities carried out by authorized service users of the GenoEx-PSE service. GenoEx-PSE Service Users will be required to achieve Parentage Analysis accreditation from Service-ICAR.

Information on specific scientific, technical and legal issues related to both DNA-based services, which will be provided by ICAR through the Interbull Centre, are now available through the ICAR and Interbull website www.interbull.org