But fish diseases are not contagious to people or livestock, and there is no fear that collagen extracted from fish will cause allergies. As a result, Taiwan's researchers have focused their efforts on fish. The Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) of the Council of Agriculture has been extracting collagen from fish scales discarded by the tilapia fish industry.
而魚類病毒與人、畜不共通，也不必擔心魚類膠原蛋白會誘發過敏，研究人員於是把腦筋動到魚身上。