Indian Veterinary Research Institute , Izatnagar (IVRI) is the first laboratory in India conducting research in veterinary and animal sciences. It is a premier Institute in India, which offers research and imparts education at the Master and Doctorate level. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) administers the Institute. The Izatnagar campus is spread over an area of 307 hectares. The Bareilly Junction Railway Station is at a distance of 8 kilometers and the Bareilly town is at a distance of 4 kilometers. The nearest railway station is the Izatnagar Railway Station, which is at a distance of 1 kilometer from the Institute campus.

Indian Veterinary Research Institute , Izatnagar was set up in 1889. Initially it was called the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory and was situated at Pune in Maharashtra. In 1893, the Institute was shifted to Mukteswar, which is now in Kumaon Hills in Uttaranchal. In 1913, the Izatnagar campus was established for extending the activities of the Institute. The institute expanded its curriculum and the Izatnagar campus became the headquarters of the institute. The Institute has two other campuses one at Mukteswar in Uttaranchal and the other at Bangalore in Karnataka. The Institute has regional stations at Palampur in Himachal Pradesh, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, Calcutta in West Bengal and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

At present the Institute has twenty-one divisions and six sections, which conducts research in the field of Animal Health, Production and Technology and several other courses. The University has come up with several methods of curing and controlling diseases of livestock including poultry, producing cheap agro-industrial by- product, increasing the production potential of the livestock and the poultry, zoo and animal health care and management and meat and meat products technology.