The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding is committed to maintain the highest standards of data quality in the CDCB collaborator database. To this purpose, a series of complex operations are performed routinely to check each single data entry that our partners send to the CDCB.
In addition, CDCB sets the quality requirements for some data providers: genotyping laboratories and genomic nominators.
Genotyping laboratories undergo a rigorous quality certification process before being able to routinely provide genotypic data to the CDCB. Genotyping laboratories are required to be ISO certified (or equivalent) and their Standard Operating Procedures have to shared with the CDCB. In addition, all formats files and genotyping results are carefully reviewed. Once the process is complete, genotyping laboratories are approved by CDCB and can start providing genotypes to the CDCB collaborator database. Complete documentation for Genotyping Laboratories certification (Guidelines, Material License Agreement, Application Form and Standard Operating Procedures and a list of CDCB Approved Genotyping Laboratories) are available here.
Genomic Nominators also undergo a rigorous quality certification process before being able to routinely provide nomination (pedigree and fee) data to the CDCB. Genomic nominators have a central role in the system. They are responsible for assigning the correct fee of the animal, managing the transfer of the genetic material to the lab, assessing the correct ID gets assigned to right sample, interact with the CDCB database to nominate the animal (providing pedigree and fee information), and many other important tasks. Complete documentation for Genomic Nominators certification (Guidelines, Material License Agreement, Application Form and Standard Operating Procedures and a list of CDCB Approved Genomic Nominators) are available here.