55TH KENYA VETERINARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE (PROCEEDINGS)

The Kenya Veterinary Association, with support from partners, held a hybrid 55th Annual Scientific Conference held physically at the Sandies Tropical Village in Malindi, Kenya and virtually streamed live on Facebook and Zoom as from 27th to 28th September 2021 and marked the World Rabies Day Celebrations (WRD) on 25th and 26th September 2021 at Kibokoni and Alaskan areas of Kilifi County. The WRD was themed, “Facts not fear” while the conference was themed, “Transforming the animal resource sector for sustainable socio-economic development.“

The event was officially opened by the CAS – MoALF, Mr Lawrence Emuhaka. The CAS implored more partners to join the fight against rabies so as to achieve Kenya’s target of eradicating rabies by 2030. Kilifi agriculture executive, Dr Luciana Sanzua, was happy to see World Rabies Day being held in the county for the first time.

The event highlighted the various contributions veterinarians make to the health of both animals and humans, underlining the vital role of veterinarians in ensuring animal welfare, food safety, food security, safe global trade in animals and animal products as well as protecting public health.

The event was elaborately covered by various media houses as listed below:

Farmers TV Agritalk show featured on 4th Oct 2021 (648 views): What is Rabies and why is it so deadly – part 1 (click to view) and part 2 (click to view)
The Standard feature on 4th Oct 2021 (): You will spend Sh20,000 to treat rabies (click to view)
Ebru TV feature on 29th Sept 2021 (191 views): VETS Petition Against The Kenya Food And Authority Bill (click to view)
KTN News Kenya feature on 28th Sept 2021 (717 views): Kenya joins the world in marking World Rabies Day (click to view)
Citizen TV feature on 28th Sept 2021 (611 views): Chanjo ya kichaa cha mbwa (click to view)
NTV Kenya feature on 27th Sept 2021 (129 views): Kenya rolls out mass vaccination drive aimed at eradicating rabies by 2030 (click to view)
Ebru TV feature on 27th Sept 2021 (105 views): Eradicating Rabies in the country (click to view)
KBC Channel 1 feature on 27th Sept 2021 (48 views): Government rolls out rabies mass vaccination drive (click to view)
The Star newspaper feature on 27th Sept 2021: Kenya to eradicate rabies by 2030, mass vaccination ongoing (click to view)

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Session 1: Legal and Policy framework in the Animal Resource Industry

Keynote address: Utilising policy to transform the Animal Resource Sector for sustainable Socio-economic Development – Dr Christopher Wanga (click to view)
Veterinary Medicines Directorate update- Dr Jane Njiru (click to view)
Kenya Veterinary Board update – Dr Idraph Ragwa, KVB CEO (click to view)
Sensitization on consultant college of public health epidemiology and health economics – Prof William Ogara (click to view)

Session 2: Livestock Traceability and Financing- Livestock Economics

Establishment of a sustainable national livestock and traceability system in Kenya – Dr Samuel Kahariri (click to view)
Commercialization of the livestock sector – Ms. Caroline Wanjeri Kihara

Opening ceremony

OIE’S engagement towards Rabies Elimination in Africa – Dr Samuel Wakhusama (click to view)
Ending Rabies: Resolving the complex Rabies challenge in Counties through in counties through a collaborative – Dr Raphael Kinoti (click to view)

Afternoon session Day 1

Responses to foot and mouth disease outbreaks in large ruminants with an antimicrobial free welfare therapeutic -Prof. Peter Windsor (click to view)
Moving the Public to Protect Animals during COVID- 19- Ms. Lucy Wanjiku (click to view)
AMR:Responsibe use of vaccines in Livestock- Joseph Karanja

Session 3A: Companion Animal Management & Wildlife

Exploiting Africa’s Wildlife: ‘Big 5 and Little 5’ – Patrick Muinde (click to view)
Incidence, classification, and management of appendicular bone fractures in dogs in Nairobi County, Kenya: A retrospective study of 402 cases (2007-2013) – John D. Mande (click to view)
Clinical, radiographic and pathological features of dogs affected with conditions of the urinary system within Nairobi County Kenya: (1980-2005) – John D. Mande (click to view)
Diseases and Occupational Hazards of Working Dogs in Nairobi County and Its Environs – Willy Mwangi
prevalence, clinical manifestations and risk factors associated with urolithiasis in domestic cats in Nairobi County – Kimani Kuria
Canine osteoarthritis -Dr. Cynthia Njeri (click to view)
AMR: Vaccination in Small animals – Benson Landa
The role of Point of care Ultrasound (POCUS) in veterinary Medicine- Dr. Lilyan Mathai

Session 3B: Innovations

Asparagus racemosus as a potential novel analgesic product – Catherine Kaingu
Testing and validation of cow IoT heat detection device on three dairy farms in Kenya – Moses Olum
Characterizing the Genetic Variation of Newcastle Disease Virus from Poultry in Kenya for Future Vaccine Development – Irene Ogali
Ruminant parasitology future landscape and innovations- Dr. Joseph Kitur
Development And Evaluation Of Wild Derived Rats As Potential Experimental Models For Research – Lucy Gitau
Efficacy of VERYL® in the treatment of cattle naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes in Kenya – Dr Nginyi JM (click to view)
Determining time-to onset and faecal egg/ oocyst counts of gastrointestinal parasites in heifer calves in Kenyan smallholder farms- Dr Peter Kimeli

Session 4: RABIES

Keynote: FAO: ISAVET program; its role in building the capacity of frontline animal health workers for Rabies control – Dr Rinah Wangila (click to view)
United Against Rabies: Effective use of vaccines, medicines, tools and technologies – Prof Thumbi Mwangi (click to view)
Impact of dog vaccination coverage on Rabies outbreak probability and cost – Dr Joseph Kitur (click to view)
Rabies elimination in rural Kenya: vaccine shortages in health facilities, low awareness and knowledge on Rabies and its management among health care workers – Dr Harriet Oboge (click to view)
Building a business case for rabies control: analysis of cost-effectiveness of mass dog vaccination in Machakos, Kenya – Maurice K. Murungi (click to view)
Volunteer based approach to dog vaccination campaigns to eliminate human rabies: Lessons from Laikipia County, Kenya – Dishon Muloi (click to view)
Efficacy of short message system on compliance with rabies post-exposure prophylaxis regimen by human cases of dog-bites in rural Kenya-Dr Mbaire Chuchu (click to view)
Coverage of Mass Dog Vaccination Towards Rabies Elimination in Makueni County, Kenya-Dr Daniel Kisee (click to view)
Mapping access to healthcare facilities for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis for dog bite patients in Makueni county – Dr Mumbua Mutunga (click to view)
Intergrated approach to dissaster of economica and animal welfare concerns : case studies of stable flies attack in Meru County and collaboration in Rabies control Nairobi County- Dr Samantha Opere (click to view)

Session 5: AMR and Food Security

Optimizing gut Health and Immunity for performance in poultry : role of postbiotics – Dr Jared Serem
Antimicrobial resistance at the human-livestock interface in a rapidly urbanising city: a One Health approach – Dr Dishon Muloi (click to view)
Broiler Welfare and fast-food restaurants – Victor Yamo
Consumer Preference and Willingness to Pay for Safer Pork in Busia County, western Kenya – Mercy Cianjoka
Growth Performance of Broilers Fed on Processed Acacia tortilis Seed Meal as a Replacement of Soya Bean Meal – Lawrence Ikiamba
Animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance – Kelvin Momanyi (click to view)
Livestock interventions to improve human nutrition: the livestock for health project – Dr Josphat Muema (click to view)

Session 6A: Aquatic Health & Animal Welfare

Current status and perceptions of Agrovet operators in Kenya – Dr James Kithuka (click to view)
Prevalence, Intensity and Influence of Water Quality on Parasitic Infestations of Farmed Fish in Kirinyaga County, Kenya – Robert Waruiru
Parasite communities of Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis (Trewavas, 1983) in relation to selected water quality parameters in the springs of Lorwai Swamp and Lake Baringo, Kenya – Stephanie Wangare
Use of qualitative and semi-quantitative histopathology analysis in the assessment of water pollution and infection in Oreochromis niloticus of lake victoria, Kenya – Kamundia Waweru (click to view)
An Assessment of Donkey Cross-Border Movement and Trade along the Kenya-Tanzania Border – Dennis Bahati
Animal Health and Welfare Education Gaps-Needs Survey-Kenya 2021 – Dr Solomon Onyango (click to view)

Session 6B: Epidemiology and Public Health

Sero-prevalence and risk factors of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (type 1) in Meru County, Kenya – Essau Serem
Community Perspectives and Views on Natural Resource Management and its Implications on Biodiversity Conservation – Dennis Bahati
Occurrence of Ehrlichia species among smallholder dairy farms in Nairobi City County, Kenya – Shepelo Getrude
A One Health multi-sectoral national strategy for Brucellosis prevention and control in Kenya – Dr Mark Nanyingi (click to view)
Epidemiological Factors that contributed to the Nakuru 2019 FMD Outbreak – Joseph Mosabi
Risk assessment of cystic hydatidosis in cattle slaughtered at Busia Town abattoirs -Kenya, 2018 – Henry Joash (click to view)
Epidemic and pandemic preparedness through community based surveillance in Bomet,West Pokot,Narok and Tharaka Nithi counties-Vivian Chemweno-Kenya Red Cross Society (click to view)