ICAR Standing Committee


Duties of the Standing Committee are detailed in the ICAR Constitution and By-Laws (pdf)

Every country is entitled to at least one representative member on the Standing Committee of ICAR*. Some countries are entitled to more members, according to a formula which accounts for the number of active scientists and the size of the nation's animal industries. New members are nominated by their national professional organisations or societies and elected at a meeting of the Standing Committee held in conjunction with an ICAR conference. Members may hold office for up to 16 years provided they remain professionally active and regularly attend ICAR conferences.

* some countries currently have more than the indicated number of members under a grandfather clause enabling members elected on or before 1992 to remain in office until retirement at 16 years of service.

Note, any country not represented on the list below is entitled to at least one member of the Standing Committee, provided the nominee meets the usual eligibility criteria. Professional bodies within countries with no representation are encouraged to contact the Secretary General of ICAR.

The current Standing Committee

Country  Max
members 
Member  Year
Elected 
Address  Contact 
Argentina  3 Prof. Dr Humberto Cisale  2004 Vice - Dean
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Chorroarín 280 (C1427CWO) CABA
Argentina
Ph: +54 11 4524 8432
Fax: 54 11 4524 8480
Email: cisale@fvet.uba.ar
    Dr Gabriel Bo   2000 Instituto de Reproducción Animal Córdoba (IRAC)
J.L. de Cabrera 106; (5000) Córdoba Argentina
Ph: + 54 351 471 5418,  
                   471 0559
Fax: + 54 351 471 0669
Email: gabrielbo@iracbiogen.com.ar
    Dr Luzbel de la Sota   2000  Instituto de Teriogenología
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Calle 60 y 118. B1900 AVW.
La Plata. Argentina. 
Ph: + 54-221-4236664,
         ext. 437
Fax: + +54-221-4257980
Email: luzbel@netverk.com.ar
Australia   3 Prof Gareth Evans  1992  Faculty of Veterinary Science
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA
Ph: +61 2 9351 3363
Fax: +61 2 9351 3957
Email: gareth.evans@sydney.edu.au 
    Prof Graeme Martin  2004 Faculty of Agriculture (Animal Science)
University of Western Australia
Nedlands WA 6009
AUSTRALIA  
Ph: +61 8 6488 2518
Fax: +61 8 6488 1040
Email: gmartin@animals.uwa.edu.au 
    Dr Simon De Graaf 2012 Faculty of Veterinary Science
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA 

Ph: +61 2 9351 3363
Fax: +61 2 9351 3957
Email: simon.degraaf@sydney.edu.au

Austria  1 Prof Dr Jörg E. Aurich 2000  Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology
University of Veterinary Sciences,
Veterinärplatz 1, 1210
Vienna AUSTRIA 
Ph: +43 1 25077 5401
Fax: +43 1 25077 5490
Email: joerg.aurich@vu-wien.ac.at
Country  Max
members  
Member   Year
Elected  
Address  Contact  
 Belgium
 1 Dr Ann Van Soom
 2004 Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGent
Salisburylaan 133
B-9820 Merelbeke
BELGIUM  
Ph: +32 9 264 75 50
Fax: +32 9 264 77 97
Email: ann.vansoom@UGent.be
 Brazil  3 Pietro S Baruselli    DVM. MSc. PhD.
 2008 Professor of the Department of Animal Reproduction - VRA/Head of the VRA University of São Paulo,
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Animal Reproduction.
Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87
Butantã 05508-270 - São Paulo, SP – Brazil

Phone: +55 11 30917674
Fax:     +55 11 30917412
Email:  barusell@usp.br

    Professor Marc Henry
 2000 Escola de Veterinaria da UFMG R.Joao Antonio Cardoso 595 apto 202 B. Ouro Preto 31310-390
Belo Horizonte
BRAZIL 
Ph: +55 31 4992249
+55 31 4981471 (resid.)
Fax: +55 31 498 1076
Email: henrym@ufmg.br
    Professor William G Vale
 
 2000 Universidade Federal Rural da Amazonia - UFRA
Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias do Para Av. Presidente Tancredo Neves,2501 Caixa Postal, 917
Cep 66.077-530
Terra Firme - Belem-Para
BRAZIL
Ph: +55 91 210 5239
Fax: +55 91 274 3814
Email: Wmvale@ufpa.br
Country  Max
members  
Member   Year
Elected 
Address   Contact 
Canada
 
 1  Professor Gregg P Adams   2004 Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
CANADA S7N 5B4  
Phone: +1 306-966-7411
Fax: +1 306-966-7405
Email: Gregg.Adams@usask.ca 
Chile
 
 1  Dr Marcelo H Ratto  2012 Department of Animal Science
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia-Chile
Phone: 011-56-63-293063
Email: marceloratto@uach.cl 
China   3
 
Dr Yangqing LU  2012 Animal Reproduction Institute
State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources
Guangxi University
100 Daxue Road
Nanning
Guangxi 530004
PR China

Phone: +86-771-3238064
Email: luy800@gmail.com 

   

Professor
Jingbo Chen

 2008 Institute of Animal Science
Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science
21 East Karamay Road
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830000
PR CHINA  

Phone: +86 991 4848227
Fax: +86 991 4843303
Email: chenjb@xj.cninfo.net
chenjb126@126.com

 
   

Professor
Liguo Yang

 2008 College of Animal Science & Technology
Huazhong Agri University,
Wuhan 430070
PR China 
Email: ylg@mail.hzau.edu.cn 
 
Costa Rica  1 Dr Jorge Chacon  2012 Head, Andrology Section
Veterinary Medicine School
Universidad Nacional
PO Box 2556-3000
Heredia
Costa Rica
Phone: +506 22611774
Fax: +506 22623290
Email: jchacon@medvet.una.ac.cr  
Cuba
 1 Dr Jose R Morales Carballo   2008 Center of Investigation for Animal Improvement (CIMA)
Carretera Central Km 21 ½.
Loma de Tierra, Cotorro
Ciudad Habana
CUBA
Phone: +53 7 579408
Fax: +53 7 579408
Email: pmorales42@cima-minag.cu  
Czech Republic
 
 1

Prof Jiri Rubes

 

 2012 Veterinary Research Institute
Hudcova 70
621 00 Brno
CZECH REPUBLIC 
Phone: +42 0533331401
Fax: +42 0541211229
Email: rubes@vri.cz 
Country  Max
members   
Member    Year
Elected  
Address    Contact 
Denmark  1
Hanne Gervi Pedersen
2012 Associate Professor
Department of Large Animal Sciences
Veterinary Reproduction & Obstetrics
University of Copenhagen
Dyrlægevej 68
1870 Frederiksberg C
Denmark
Ph: +45 353-32980
Email: hgp@life.ku.dk 
Estonia
 
 1  Dr Kalle Kask 2012 Associate Professor
Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, Tartu,
Estonia EE51014
Ph: +372 7313217
Email: kalle.kask@emu.ee 
Country  Max
members   
Member    Year
Elected 
Address  Contact   
Finland  1  Professor Juhani Taponen  2012 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Production Animal Medicine
Paroninkuja 20
University of Helsinki
04920 Saarentaus
FINLAND
Phone: +358-40-5142953
Fax: +358 19 6851181
Email: juhani.taponen@helsinki.fi 
France  1 Dr Pascal Mermillod  2008
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Unité de Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements
37380 Nouzilly
FRANCE 
Phone: +33 2 47 42 7920
Fax: +33 2 47 42 7743
Email: Pascal.Mermillod@tours.inra.fr 
Germany
 
 2 Prof Dr Harald Sieme 2008 University Veterinary Medicine Hanover
Clinic for Horses – Reproductive Unit of Clinics
Bünteweg 15,
D-30559 Hannover
GERMANY 
Phone: +49 511 9 53 85 30
Fax: +49 511 9
Email: harald.sieme@tiho-hannover.de 
    Prof. Dr. Christine Wrenzycki  2012 Klinik für Geburtshilfe, Gynäkologie und Andrologie der Groß- und Kleintiere
Frankfurter Str. 106
35392 Gießen
Germany.
Phone: +49 641 9938770
Email: christine.wrenzycki@vetmed.uni-giessen.de 
Hungary  1 Professor József Rátky 2012 General Director of
Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition
2053 Herceghalom
Hungary
Phone: +36 23 319 082
Fax: +36 23 319 082
Email: jozsef.ratky@atk.hu 
 
Country   Max
members  
Member   Year
Elected  
Address   Contact  
Iceland   1  Co-opted member (pending replacement):
Dr Torsteinn Olafsson 
 1992 Iceland Breeding Centre
Reynivellir 10800 Selfoss
ICELAND 
Email: bssteini@selfoss.is 
India   3 Professor Amarjit Singh Nanda  2012 Animal Husbandry Commissioner Government of India
Krishi  Bhawan,
New Delhi-110001
India  
Phone: +91-11-23384146
Fax: +91-11-23382192
Email: asinghnanda@gmail.com 
Indonesia   1 Co-opted member (pending replacement):
Dr Bambang Purwantara
 2000 Department of Reproduction
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Bogor Agricultural University
Jl Taman Kencana
Bogor INDONESIA 
Phone: +62 251 324358
Fax: +62 251 323161
Email: b.purwantara@biotrop.org 
Iran   1 Dr Amir Niasari-Naslaji
 
 2004 Department of Clinical Sciences
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Tehran
PO Box 14155-6453
Tehran, IRAN  
Phone: +98 912 3844576
Fax: +98 21 6933222
Email: niasari@ut.ac.ir
Ireland   1 Dr Michael Diskin  2004  Teagasc, Athenry,
Co. Galway IRELAND  
Phone: +353-91-845-845
Email: michael.diskin@teagasc.ie
Israel   1 Professor David Wolfenson  2012 Dept Animal Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural Food & Environmental Quality Sciences
The Hebrew University, Rehovot
Israel
Phone: +972 8 9489393
Email: wolf@agri.huji.ac.il
Italy  1 Professor Fulvio Gandolfi   2004  Istituto di Anatomia degli Animali Domestici
via Celoria, 10
20133 Milano
ITALY 
Phone: +39 025 031 7990
Fax: +39 025 031 7980
Email: fulvio.gandolfi@unimi.it
Japan   1 Professor Hiroshi Imai   2004  Laboratory of Reproductive Biology Kyoto University Kitashirakawa,
Sakyo-kuKyoto 606-8502,
Japan 
Phone: +81-75-753-6058
Fax: +81-75-753-6329
Email: imai@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp 
Country   Max
members   
Member    Year
Elected 
Address    Contact   
Korea (South)
 
 1 Professor Hosup Shim  2008 Department of Physiology
Dankook University School of Medicine
San 29 Anseo-dong
Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714
South Korea

Phone: +82-41-550-3865
Fax:     +82-41-565-6167
Email: shim@dku.edu 

Latvia   1 Dr Evija Liepina  2012 The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Latvia University of Agriculture,
K. Helmana 8
Jelgava, LV-3004
LATVIA
Phone: +371 28303686
Email: evija_liepina@inbox.lv 
Country  Max
members   
Member    Year
Elected   
Address   Contact   
Netherlands
 
 1 Dr Peter Vos, DVM PhD 2008 Associate Professor
Faculty of Vet. Med.
Department of Farm Animal Health/Section Reproduction
Tijdelijk adres: Marburglaan 2, 3584 CN Utrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 30 253 1248/1155
Fax: +31 30 252 1887
Email: p.l.a.m.vos@vet.uu.nl 
          p.l.a.m.vos@uu.nl
New Zealand  3 Scott McDougall, B.V.Sc., PhD   2008 Morrinsville Animal Health Centre
25 Moorhouse Street
P.O. Box 21
Morrinsville
New Zealand 

Phone: +64 7 889 5159
Fax: +64 7 889 3681
Email: smcdoug@ahc.co.nz

 
    Dr Jennifer L. Juengel  2008 AgResearch Ltd
Invermay Agricultural Centre
Puddle Alley
Private Bag 50034
Mosgiel 9053
New Zealand 

Phone: +64-3-489 9137
Fax: +64-3-489 3739
Email: jenny.juengel@agresearch.co.nz

 
Nigeria   1 Prof Udo Herbert
 
2000  College of Animal Science and Animal Health Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike PMB 7267, Umuahia
NIGERIA 
Phone: +234 803 327 3914
or
+234 803 313 1235
Email: udoherbert@hotmail.com 
Norway   1 Professor Wenche K. Farstad  2012 Department of production Animal Clinical Sciences
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
P.O.box 8146 Dep
N-0033, Oslo
Norway
Phone: +47 22597116
Fax: +47 22597081
Email: wenche.farstad@nvh.no
Country  Max
members    
Member  Year
Elected    
Address    Contact 
Pakistan  1 Professor Nasim Ahmad  2012

Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
Department of Theriogenology
University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
Lahore

Phone: +042-9211374 ext.189
Fax: +042-9211476
Email: drnasim@yahoo.com
 nasimahmad@uvas.edu.pk

Poland  1 Professor Stanislaw C Okrasa   2008 University of Warmia & Mazury in Olsztyn                              Department of Animal Physiology
10-718 Olsztyn
POLAND

Phone: +48 (89) 23 49 23
Fax:     +48 89) 23 39 37
Email: okrasa@uwm.edu.pl
 

Portugal
 
 1 Dr António E.M. Horta
 
 2000  Estação Zootécnia Nacional
Vale de Santarém
2000 Santarém
PORTUGAL 
Email: Antonio.horta@pluricanal.net
Country  Max
members     
Member    Year
Elected    
Address     Contact  
Slovenia   1 Ass Prof 
Janko Mrkun 
 2008 Clinic for Reproduction and Horses
Veterinary Faculty
University of Ljubljana
Gerbiceva 60,
1000 Ljubljana
SLOVENIA


Phone: +386 14 779 340
Email: jank.mrkun@vf.uni-lj.si

 

South Africa
 
 1 Prof ML Schulman  2012 Section of Reproduction
Faculty of Veterinary Science
University of Pretoria
Private Bag XO4, Onderstepoort 0110
Republic South Africa
Phone: +27 12 529 8063
Fax: +27 12 529 8314
Email: martin.schulman@up.ac.za 
Spain   1  Professor Juan M Vazquez  2008 Department of Animal Medicine & Surgery,
Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Murcia,
Campus de Espinardo, 30071 Murcia, SPAIN  

Phone:  +34 9 68364736
Fax:     +34 9 68367069
Email:   vazquez@um.es

Sri Lanka   1  Dr Oswin Perera
 
 2000 Professor of Farm Animal Production & Health
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science
University of Peradeniya
SRI LANKA 
Phone: +94-81-239 5760
Mobile: +94-773-121 223
Email: oswinperera@yahoo.co.uk  
Sweden   1 Dr Hans Gustafsson
 
 2000 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Box 7039,
S-750 07 Uppsala SWEDEN 
Phone: +46 18 67 10 00
Fax: +46 16 212 16
Email: Hans.Gustafsson@svenskmjolk.se
Switzerland   1 Dr Fredi Janett
 
 2008 Clinic of Reproduction
Universität Zürich
Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zürich
Switzerland 
Phone: +41 1 635 8218
Fax: +41 1 635 8942
Email: fjanett@vetclinics.uzh.ch 
Taiwan   1 Professor Jyh-Cherng Ju 2012 Department of Animal Science
National Chung Hsing University
250 Kuo-Kuang Rd., Taichung 40227 Taiwan, ROC

Phone:   +886-4-2286-2799
Fax:     +886-4-2284-0265
Email: jcju@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
 

Thailand   1 Professor Mongkol Techakumphu TECHAKUMPHU 2012 Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology and Reproduction
Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University
Henri Dunang Rd. Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Phone:   +66 2 2189644
Fax:     +66 2 2520738
Email: tmongkol@chula.ac.th
 

Turkey  1 Assoc Prof Dr Ahmet Gümen 2012 Dept Obstetrics & Gynecology
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Uludag University
Bursa
Turkey

Phone:   +90 224 234 7655/128
Fax:     +90 244 234 6395
Email: agumen@uludag.edu.tr
 

Country  Max
members     
Member   Year
Elected     
Address     Contact  
UAE (Emirates)   1 Dr Julian A. (Lulu)Skidmore
 
 2004 Camel Reproduction Centre,
P.O. Box 11808
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 
Tel. + 971 (0) 50 6247566
Fax +971 (0) 4 8321140
Email: luluskid@emirates.net.ae 
UAR (Egypt)  1 Prof Dr SG Hassan
 
 2012 Dept Animal Reproduction and AI
National Research Centre
Dokki, Cairo EGYPT  
Phone: +20 2 002-02-33371499
Email: hassan9372003@yahoo.com
United Kingdom   1 Dr Ali Akbar Fouladi-Nashta 2012 Royal Veterinary College
Hawkshead Campus
Hatfield AL9 7TA
UK
Phone: +44 1707 666662
Fax: +44 1707 666371
Email: afouladi@rvc.ac.uk  
Uruguay   1 Dr Daniel Cavestany
 
 2000 INIA La Estanzuela
C. Correos 39173
70000 Colonia
URUGUAY 
Phone: +598-52-22005
Fax: +598-52-24061
Email: daniel.cavestany@gmail.com 
 USA  3 Professor Milo C Wiltbank
 
 2004 Department of Dairy Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
U.S.A.  
Phone: +1 608 263-9413
Fax: +1 608 2639412
Email: wiltbank@wisc.edu  
    Professor Peter J Hansen   2008 Department of Animal Sciences
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL 32611-0920
U.S.A.
 

Phone:  +1 352 392-5590
Fax:      +1 352 392-5595    
Email:   Hansen@animal.ufl.edu
 

    Professor Matt Lucy   2008 F21C Animal Reproductive Biology Group Leader
158 Animal Sciences Research Center
920 East Campus Drive
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO   65211
 

Phone: +1 573-882-9897
Fax: +1 573-882-6827
Email: lucym@missouri.edu

Venezuela   1 Dr Andres Kowalski   2008 Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado
Laboratorio de Embriología y Endocrinología Molecular
Cabudare, Edo. Lara
Venezuela 

Phone: +58 251 259-2313
Fax: +58 251 259-2304
Email: andresk@ucla.edu.ve