Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos (INRB) is the
Portuguese state-run institute for research on
biological resources. It develops research in agricultural fields,
veterinary
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both ...
, animal growth,
marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and ...
and fishing. It provides scientific and technical support to its related sectors of activity.
History
The National Agronomy and Fishing Investigation Institute (native official name: Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas) was its previous incarnation. In 2006, a decree (''Decreto-Lei n.º 209/2006'') created the Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos from the remains of the ''Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária'' (agricultural research), ''Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar'' (fishing and marine resources research) and the ''Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária'' (veterinary research).
References
External links
Official site
Research institutes in Portugal
Fisheries and aquaculture research institutes
Agricultural research institutes
Agricultural organisations based in Portugal
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