[1][2] The institute was founded in 1984 in Savar Upazila, Dhaka division, Bangladesh.
The executive head is the director general and a 14-member board of management.
The chairman is the Minister for Fisheries and Livestock.
[1] In 2014, it developed a new species of layer chicken whose sex was discernable at day one of their life.
[3] It developed cattle feed from moringa tree and vegetable waste.