The Taiwan Livestock Research Institute (TLRI; ) is a research center in Xinhua District,

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. 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

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pigs, goats, and cows.

History

The TLRI was established as a horse-breeding farm in 1940 by the

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. Between 1945 and 1952, it was a horse farm under the supervision of

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. 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

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since 1999.

Organizational structures

* Animal Industry Division * Animal Products Processing Division * Breeding and Genetics Division * Forage Crops Division * Livestock Management Division * Nutrition Division * Physiology Division * Technical Service Divisionhttp://english.tlri.gov.tw/page.aspx?path=166

References

1940 establishments in Taiwan Agricultural research institutes in Taiwan Animal breeding organizations Livestock {{Taiwan-org-stub