Animal Health Officer - 5 Posts At County Government Of Turkana

Requirements and competencies for appointment
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.
Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board; and
Have a Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution

Duties and responsibilities
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, 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 dehorning, animal identification, deworming,