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PETS AND MENTAL HEALTH
Most pet owners have always known about the benefits of companion animals, but many remain unaware of the physical and mental health benefits that...
LIFE OF A COW
By Grace Maina
Through my products, I have met the nutritional demands of mankind, animals, as well as support ecosystems for millennia. I am a...
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS
Participatory Communications Network (PCN) Africa, the publisher of Animal People magazine, through The Feed the Future, Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Activity (KCDMS) programme,...
How Well Are You Prepared for Calving?
It All Starts At Calving Time. By: Jeff Stevenson, Prof Of Animal Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
Reprinted From Hoard’s Dairyman Online
At our 2009...
In The Backdrop
By Kamau Mwangi
Veterinarians are among the professionals that make a holistic influence in the communities they serve.
Though many regard us as just animal doctors/physicians,...
Euthanasia, the Most Difficult Decision in the Veterinary Profession
By Gitau Leah
Euthanasia is the act of putting an animal to death or allowing it to die by withholding extreme medical measures.
As difficult as...
MY LIFE AS A VETERINARY SURGEON
By Leah Gitau
“Having grown taking care of livestock at my grandmother’s home in Kilifi, they would sometimes fall sick and I was left wondering...
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS
Participatory Communications Network (PCN) Africa, the publisher of Animal People magazine, through The Feed the Future Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Activity (KCDMS) programme,...
Know your outgoing KVA chair, Dr. Samuel Kahariri
By Leah Gitau
“African veterinarians needed to be recognized like other veterinarians in other continents, hence the establishment of Kenya Veterinary Association(KVA) to ensure that...
COVID-19 : How should the Animal Resources Sector in Africa Respond...
Courtesy of InterAfrican Bureau For Animal Resources (AU IBAR)
On 14 April 2020.
Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic whose causative agent is SARS-COV-2, with its origin in animals is...