Taiwan Livestock Research Institute | |
Native Name: | 畜產試驗所 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Abbreviation: | TLRI |
Formation: | 1940 |
Type: | Research institute |
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Headquarters: | Xinhua, Tainan, Taiwan |
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Leader Title: | Director |
Leader Name: | Huang Jeng-fang |
Parent Organization: | Council of Agriculture |
The Taiwan Livestock Research Institute (TLRI;) is a research center in Xinhua District, Tainan, Taiwan. It conducts research on animal breeding, physiology, nutrition and feeding techniques, animal waste treatment and utilization of byproducts, animal product processing, and forage crops. The institute has cloned pigs, goats, and cows.
The TLRI was established as a horse-breeding farm in 1940 by the Japanese government. Between 1945 and 1952, it was a horse farm under the supervision of Taiwan Provincial Government. In 1952, it was named to Hsinhua Livestock Research Branch Institute. In 1958, it was reorganized as Taiwan Livestock Research Institute under the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry. It is now a unit of the central government's Council of Agriculture since 1999.[1]