LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE - Biennial Report 2014-2015 (英文版)

The year 2011 marks the centenary of Republic of China which was established in 1911. The rapid development of livestock industry of Taiwan in the last century has made a great change from small scale side-line farm family business into large scale enterprise. During the past decades, Livestock Research Institute has contributed significantly to this development. Results in the fields of breeding and genetics, physiological biotechnology, feed nutrition, forage crops, processing and utilization, management and use of waste resource in the year 2010-2011 have been accomplished through the execution of 296 research projects and 13 academic-industry projects, 455 published research paper, 5 new selected breeds, 5 earned patents, 33 technical licensing and 14 recruited incubatee. Furthermore, we have held two important international training workshop and symposium on assisted reproductive technologies for livestock genetic improvement and international symposium on genetics and reproductive management for animal production in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Training workshop and symposium such as these two are important in highlighting ways in which we can work together locally and internationally on genetics and reproductive management for animal production. As is known to all, there are excellent breeding stock industries along with elite farm animals in Taiwan. We also hope that Taiwan can be acted as a breeding stock providing center for livestock farming in Asian-Pacific countries. Finally, we are certain that these efforts will further the availability of research and development resources. We would like to see more active interaction among the industry, government and academies in the years to come. We have taken pains in compiling materials for this booklet so they could be used for search, application and reference. We would highly appreciate your comments and suggestions.