Project for the Establishment of a Center of Excellence in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine through Cooperation between Industry, Academia and Government
Joint faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Veterinary Medicine
Basic Veterinary Medicine
Professor
MIYAMOTO Atsushi
Background and objectives of activities
The City of Soo, Kagoshima and Kagoshima University plan to open the "Southern Kyushu Livestock and Veterinary Medical Center" in April 2024. The center will contribute to solving issues in veterinary and animal husbandry education in Japan, such as increasing the number of industrial animal veterinarians, creating opportunities for livestock farmers and veterinarians to relearn, and correcting the uneven distribution of veterinarians in the profession. The development of this center will also help to resolve issues facing the region, such as the lack of successors to livestock farms, the outflow of young people from the population, the declining birthrate and aging population, and the effective use of the former TAKARABE High School site.
Summary of Activities
Using the site of a former prefectural high school, the development of the "Minami-Kyushu Livestock and Veterinary Medical Center" is underway. Through industry-academia-government collaboration, the center plans to establish an integrated Wagyu beef production and fattening farm, horse breeding facilities, broiler breeding facilities, and other facilities. At this center, private operators will manage and administer the farms, and students and technicians will receive practical training and training under the sanitary guidance of experts. The project aims to create new relationships between industrial animals and people, and to increase the number of people interacting with them.
Expected Benefits
Expected to contribute to regional development by increasing the number of young inheritors in the livestock sector, making the livestock industry smarter, increasing the number of veterinarians for industrial animals, increasing the population of young people in depopulated areas, and providing high-quality veterinary education and better livestock industry practices.