Annex I

ICAR Genetic Analysis Working Group (GAWG)

Questionnaire for "Microsatellite based parentage testing"in cattle

  1. ADDRESS DETAILS (fill out)

Country: ......

Laboratory name: ......

Contact person: ......

Address: ......

Telephone: ......

E-mail: ......

  1. EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE OF SUPERVISOR /OPERATORS
  1. Level of education of the head of the laboratory (tick the box and describe)

 Ph.D. in ......

 Masters of Science in ......

 Bachelors of Science in......

 Other ......

 None

  1. Experience of senior operator (tick)

 More than 5 years

 More than 2 years

 Less than 2 years

  1. CERTIFICATION, LABORATORY PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT
  1. Certification (tick, describe and send copy of the certification to ICAR secretariat)

 International certification

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 National certification

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 No certification (please notice: starting 2010 certification will be a minimum requirement)

  1. If you have no certification describe briefly:

Procedure for handling of samples from arrival to disposal

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Procedure for storing and retrieving information

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Procedure for control of cross-contamination

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Procedure for error and repeatability checking

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  1. Equipment (describe)

Type of sequencer(s)

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Date(s) of purchase

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Date(s) of last revision

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  1. PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE IN RING TESTS
  1. Participation and performance in international ring-tests (tick)

 ≥ 2 international ring tests

 < 2 international ring tests

last international ring test (tick and describe)

 ISAG

 Other (describe number of markers, samples, participating countries)

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Year of the last international ring test ......

Performance in the last international ring test (Please notice: 1. If you participated to ISAG ring tests, describe only the results obtained with the 12 compulsory ISAG recommended microsatellites; 2. to specify the meaning of “number of genotypes” we specify that a ring test on 20 individuals analysed with 12 microsatellites produces 240 genotypes)

_____ Number of correct genotypes

_____ Number of missing genotypes

_____ Number of incorrect genotypes

Second to last international ring test (tick and describe)

 ISAG

 Other (describe number of markers, samples, participating countries)

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Year of the second to last international ring test ......

Performance in the last international ring test

_____ Number of correct genotypes

_____ Number of missing genotypes

_____ Number of incorrect genotypes

National ring tests

 ≥ 2 national ring tests

 < 2 national ring tests

Last national ring test description

Country of the ring test......

_____ Number of samples

_____ Number of microsatellite markers

_____ Number of participants

_____ Year of the last national ring test

Performance in the last national ring test

_____ Number of correct genotypes

_____ Number of missing genotypes

_____ Number of incorrect genotypes

Second to last national ring test description

Country of the ring test......

_____ Number of samples

_____ Number of microsatellite markers

_____ Number of participants

_____ Year of the second to last national ring test

Performance in the second to last national ring test

_____ Number of correct genotypes

_____ Number of missing genotypes

_____ Number of incorrect genotypes

 No ring test participation

  1. MARKER SET AND NOMENCLATURE
  1. Use of ISAG or other marker sets (please tick box and eventually describe)

ISAG microsatellite marker set

Additional microsatellite markers

 Other microsatellite marker set (please specify) ......

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 Other marker panel (e.g., SNP, please specify) ......

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  1. Microsatellite markers typed on all animals

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Number of animals typed with these markers

in 2005: ......

in 2006: ......

in 2007: ......

in 2008: ......

  1. Markers typed when the set of markers previously listed does not resolve the parentage test:

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Number of animals typed with these markers

in 2005: ......

in 2006: ......

in 2007: ......

in 2008: ......

  1. Power of exclusion (1 parent) for each marker used:

Number of animals and breed used for the calculation of PE (1 parent)

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Method (formula and reference) used to calculate PE (1 parent)

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  1. Power of exclusion (2 parent) for each marker used:

Number of animals and breed used for the calculation of PE (2 parent)

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Method (formula and reference) used to calculate PE (1 parent)

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  1. Nomenclature (please tick box and eventually describe)

ISAG

 Other (please specify) ......

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