山东省农业科学院畜牧兽医研究所 （Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences）的前身为山东省农业科学研究所（山东省农业科学院前身）1955年成立的畜牧组；1957年夏扩建为畜牧兽医系，下设畜牧组和兽医组；1959年4月11日，山东省人民委员会以（59）鲁农科乙字第442号文批准建立山东省农业科学院畜牧兽医研究所，为最早成立的16个研究所之一。
        1984年5月23日，山东省科委（84）鲁科管字第72号文批准建立“山东省农业科学院饲料研究所” ，与畜牧兽医研究所合署办公。
        2010年5月14日，山东省编制委员会鲁编办〔2010〕43号文撤销“山东省农业科学院饲料研究所”，设立“山东省农业科学院奶牛研究中心”；2017年6月28日，鲁农科党发〔2017〕27号文批准成立“山东省农业科学院畜牧兽医研究所理事会”；2021年4月25日，《山东省农业科学院机构职能编制规定》（鲁编〔2021〕3号文），撤销奶牛研究中心，并入畜牧兽医研究所。
       畜牧兽医研究所是山东省公益一类省级综合性科研机构，全国农业科研机构综合实力百强研究所。在职职工116人，其中博士62人，硕士21人；研究员27人，副研究员39人；海外院士1人; 国家万人计划领军人才1人；国家产业技术体系原首席科学家1人，岗位科学家4人，综合实验站3个；泰山学者2人；省杰出青年基金2人；省产业技术体系首席专家1人、岗位科学家7人、综合试验站2个。
       持续优化科技创新支撑体系。形成了猪遗传育种与饲养管理、奶牛遗传育种与繁育、肉牛遗传育种与饲养、羊遗传育种与饲养管理、家兔与宠物繁育饲养、营养饲料与环境、畜禽重大疫病防控、草食家畜疫病防控、公共卫生、畜产品加工十大研究学科。建有农业农村部畜禽生物组学重点实验室、农业农村部奶牛生产性能测定中心、农业农村部肉牛生产性能测定中心、山东省畜禽疫病防治与繁育重点实验室、山东省畜禽生物制品工程研究中心、山东省奶牛繁育工程技术研究中心、山东省良种猪繁育工程技术研究中心、山东省畜禽健康养殖工程技术研究中心8个省部级创新研发平台。拥有乳成份自动测定仪、气相色谱仪、液相色谱仪、原子吸收光谱仪、荧光定量PCR、超高速冷冻离心机、全自动生化分析仪等先进的大型仪器设备，总资产6000多万元，满足了多学科、多领域的试验需求。
       重视科技创新和成果培育。近五年，年均立项各类科研项目40余项，年均立项经费3000万元以上；发表论文430余篇，其中在《Nature Communciations》、《Emerging Microbes & Infections》、《Journal of Virology》等期刊发表SCI论文130余篇；获得专利209件，其中发明专利91件、国际专利36件；软件著作权241件；制定并颁布国家标准1项，行业标准1项，地方标准22项，团体标准10项。获得各种科技奖励34项，其中神农中华农业科技奖二等奖3项，省科技进步一等奖3项、二等奖2项、三等奖1项，省专利一、三等奖各1项。育成新品种1个（鲁西黑头羊，（农03）新品种证字第16号）。获国家三类新兽药证书1个（猪圆环病毒2型灭活疫苗（SD株），（2021）新兽药证字63号）。科技成果的大面积推广应用，为促进畜牧业经济发展做出了重要贡献。
       坚持合作开放办所。与国内外科研院所和高校开展密切交流与合作，包括中国农业科学院、中国农业大学、山东大学、美国宾夕法尼亚大学、加拿大圭尔夫大学、英国莱斯特大学等，并建有3个中外联合实验室；全职引进海外院士1名、美国佛罗里达大学博士后1名，另有2名外籍博士进入博士后工作站开展工作。同时，与伊利、龙大美食、蔚蓝生物、齐鲁动保、得利斯、信得科技、山东奥克斯等省内外多家企业开展科企合作。
       开展科技示范与推广服务。充分发挥公益性科研院所的技术优势，围绕乡村振兴和“三个突破”、“突破黄三角”战略，整合国家、省现代农业产业技术体系、省市科技特派员、“舜耕科技”服务团等的科技力量，发挥“第一所长”、“产业研究员”作用，通过品种推广、养殖培训、科技服务、技术交流等形式，为推动全省乃至全国的乡村振兴和畜禽产业高质量发展提供技术支撑。

       On May 23, 1984, the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Commission (84) Lukeguan Zi No. 72 approved establishing the "Feed Research Institute of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences," which was co-organized with the IASVM.
       On May 14, 2010, Shandong Provincial Establishment Committee LBB (2010) No. 43 canceled the "Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences Feed Research Institute" and established the "Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences Dairy Research Center". On June 28, 2017, Lu Nongke Dangfa [2017] No. 27 approved establishing the "Council of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences." On April 25, 2021, the Dairy Cattle Research Center was revoked. Its personal was merged into IASVM as per Document No. 3 LB (2021), titled "Provisions of institutional organization in SAAS."
       The IASVM is a public welfare Class I institution of Shandong Province. It ranks as a top-100 agricultural research institution in China in terms of comprehensive strength in scientific research. There are 116 staff members in IASVM, including 62 doctors and 21 masters; 27 professors and 39 associate professors; 1 foreign academician; 1 leading talent in the "National Ten Thousand Plan"；1 former chief scientist of the "National Industrial Technology System," 4 national post-scientists, and 3 national integrated experimental stations; 3 Taishan Scholars; 2 Distinguished Young Scholars from Shandong Nature Science Foundation; 1 chief scientists of the "Shandong Provincial Industrial Technology System"; 7 Shandong Provincial post scientists; and 2 Shandong Provincial integrated experimental stations.
       The IASVM continuously optimizes the support system for scientific and technological innovation, and has distinguished itself in 10 major research areas: pig genetics, breeding and feeding management; dairy cattle genetics and breeding; beef cattle genetics and breeding; ovine genetics, breeding and feeding management; rabbit and pet breeding and management; nutritional feed and environmental impacts;major livestock and poultry disease prevention and control; herbivores disease prevention and control;public health, and animal products processing. The IASVM is equipped with multiple platforms, including Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-omics, the Dairy Herd Improvement Center and the Beef Cattle Improvement Center, all three funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, a Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, and research centers for Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Dairy Cattle Breeding Technology, Pig Breeding Technology, and Livestock and Poultry Healthy Breeding Technology. Advanced large-scale equipment, such as automated milk composition analyzer, gas chromatographic analyzer, liquid chromatographic analyzer, atomic absorption spectrometer, quantitative fluorescence PCR, ultra-high-speed refrigerated centrifuge, automated biochemical analyzer, etc., are equipped with total values of more than 60 million RMB. These platforms satisfy the needs of multi-disciplinary and multi-field experimental research.
       Attach importance to scientific and technological innovation and scientific research achievement. In the past five years, there were more than 40 scientific projects established annually, and the average annual project funding reached more than 30 million RMB. There were more than 430 papers published, including more than 130 articles in SCI-indexed journals, such as 《Nature Communciations》、《Emerging Microbes & Infections》、《Journal of Virology》. A total of 209 patents, including 91 national invention patents, 36 international patents, and other utility model patents, as well as 241 software copyrights, were issued. A total of 1 national standard, 1 industry standards, 22 local standards and 10 group standards have been established and promulgated. The IASVM has won 34 scientific and technological awards, including 3 second prizes in the Shen-nong China Agricultural Science and Technology Award, 3 first and 2 second and 1 third prizes in the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 first and 1 third prizes in the Provincial Patent Award. The IASVM also established a novel livestock breed Lu-Xi Black head goats [(Ag03) New Breeds Certificate No. 16]. The IASVM developed an inactivated vaccine (SD strain) against Porcine Circovirus Type 2 [(2021) New Veterinary Medicine Certificate No. 63]. The large-scale promotion and application of these scientific and technological achievements have made important contributions in promoting the economic development of animal husbandry.
       Insisting on cooperation and openness, the IASVM has carried out close exchanges and collaboration with domestic and foreign R&D institutions such as Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Agricultural University, Shandong University, University of Pennsylvania in United States, University of Guelph in Canada and University of Leicester in United Kingdom, and has built 3 sino-foreign joint laboratories. The IASVM introduced 1 foreign academician and 1 postdoc from University of Florida working in full-time, and hired 2 foreign doctors as post-doctoral research associates. The IASVM also appreciates importance of being connected to the industry by actively cooperated with enterprises such as Yili, Longda Meishi, Vland Biotech, Qilu Animal Health, Delis, Sinder, Shandong OX, etc.
       Services in science and technology demonstration and extension. Taking technological advantages of the public welfare institution, the IASVM focuses on developmental strategies including the rural revitalization, the three break-through, and the break-through in Yellow River Delta. In order to promote regional and even national rural revitalization and provide technical support for high quality development of livestock and poultry industry, the IASVM integrates sci-tech forces such as national and provincial industrial technology systems, local sci-tech agents and the Shungeng sci-tech service group; gives play to the impacts of “First Chief” and “Industrial Professor”; prorogates elite breeds, setups husbandry trainings, and provides sci-tech services and exchanges.