Directorate

Our responsibilities include;

• - Coordinate and oversee veterinary services
• Artificial Insemination
• Management of reproductive health

The directorate is involved in a number of programs across the County, including:

• Animal Disease Control

The aim of the program is to preventand control notifiable livestock diseases for optimal production. To achieve this directorate has carried out vaccination services to livestock across the county against; foot and mouth disease, lumpy skin, Newcastle and fowl pox, black quarter and anthrax.

The possible outcome of this program is to have a reduction of disease outbreaks in the county by 50% thus increased livestock production and a reduction of losses to farmers through deaths and morbidity related costs.

• Vector Control

In this program, the directorate is focused on the prevention and control of disease causing vectors e.g Tsetse flies and Ticks. This is done countywide with more emphasis on highly infested regions of the County.

The possible outcome of this program is to eliminate Tsetse flies in the County and reduction of vector-borne diseases in livestock, some of which are zoonotic.

• Local Animal breed improvement

This program is aimed at improving the local breeds across the County through A.I for better milk production by use of Breeding hormones and Bull semen and liquid nitrogen with a possible outcome of improved local breeds through synchronization.

• Food Safety and Meat Inspection Services

The objective of this program is to ensure that meat and animal products are safe for human consumptionand to renovate and facelift the existing slaughterhouses and improve their hygienic conditions.

The possible outcome is to reduce incidences of food-borne disease outbreaks in the County.