With 20 years of continuous effort, Prof. Li Xiubo’s research team at the Feed Research Institute of CAAS has established the world’s largest pathogenic bacteria database for dairy cows, determined the pathogenic genera and distribution patterns of high-incidence pathogens such as mastitis and endometritis in dairy cows, and discovered a series of novel pharmaceutical targets for dairy cow diseases. The team innovated critical drug development and manufacturing technologies, reaching a leading level internationally. They have developed a series of safe and efficient new veterinary drugs, which has contributed to “full coverage” for the industry chain of dairy farming. Both the application and industrialization rates of the new veterinary drugs have achieved 100%. They have formulated 25 national standards for veterinary drugs, published 128 peer-reviewed research papers, and received 16 patent authorizations. Their research outputs have been promoted and applied in provinces (or autonomous regions) such as Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia, with products exported to Germany, Japan, Brazil, and other countries. In the past three years, the research benefited 12.6 million cattle, trained more than 520,000 technical personnel for the industry, and generated a total economic benefit of 3.26 billion RMB. They have made fundamental contributions to China’s dairy industry’s healthy and sustainable development.

Prof. Li Xiubo