Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Animal Health Officer Jobs in Kenya
For Appointment to this Grade, a Candidate Must Have:
Have Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines; – Animal Health Management; Animal Production, Animal Production and Health Management, Environmental Health Sciences, Livestock Economics or Health Extension from a recognized institution; and
Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board
Duties and responsibilities
This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-
Overseeing construction and maintenance of farm structures;
Giving advice on dip designing, siting and appraising construction ; and
Inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments;
Training and advising on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting;
Carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, animal identification, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming;
Carrying out simple treatment of animals;
Participating in disease search, collecting and collating data and writing technical reports; keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits;
Maintaining dairy units;
Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows;
Undertaking equipment sterilization, sample collection, packaging and dispatch;
Inspecting livestock stock routes;
Rearing experimental animals;
Issuing of livestock movement permits;
Undertaking artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading; and
Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene, meat transport regulations and inspection of retail outlets of foods of animal origin
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Animal Health Officer Jobs in Kenya
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