In the facility, we mainly keep native Japanese chicken breeds designated as "National Natural Treasures" by the Japanese Government. The chickens are used for education and research as occasion calls.

Our institute has more than 80 state-of-the-art research equipments and apparatus like DNA sequencers, amino acid analyzers, mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, etc., in modern common-use facilities.

This is used for research using isotope.

These aquariums are used for research on the physiology, pathology, behavioral ecology and biochemistry of aquatic animals.