The Ultrasound Guidelines Council (UGC) was adopted by the U.S. Beef Breeds Council to be responsible for developing, maintaining and governing proficiency-testing protocol and standards for beef cattle ultrasound technician certification.

The program committee is composed of beef breed organization representatives nominated by the U.S. Beef Breeds Council, university personnel involved in ultrasound research and national cattle evaluation programs using ultrasound data, representatives from industry companies and technician organizations that support the beef cattle industry through ultrasound service programs.

Two areas of proficiency testing and certification are available: Image collection (field certification) and laboratory interpretation (lab certification). Image collection includes a rump image, 12-13th rib cross-sectional image and percent intramuscular fat images. Laboratory interpretation covers both image quality assessment as well as performing the measurements for the ultrasound traits.

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