The National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research, I. P. (INIAV) is the State Laboratory, in the area of Agriculture competences, which develops research activities in the agronomic and veterinary areas.
INIAV was created in 2012, with the responsibilities related to agrarian (from L-INIA) and veterinary (from L-LNIV) investigations of the former National Institute of Biological Resources I.P. (INRB), with its attributions related to the areas of fisheries and aquaculture being incorporated into the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere, I. P. (IPMA).
Source: http://www.iniav.pt/gca/index.php?id=1113 accessed on 12/03/2021 and translated using Google Translate platform.