Antibiotic abuse in livestock raises drug resistance risks

A veterinary officer vaccinates cows in Kapteldon, Uasin Gishu County. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA.

Daktari, ng’ombe wangu ananiangalia vibaya” (doctor, my cow is giving me a side eye). That was the message Pascal Juma received from a woman who wanted him to come to attend to her cow.

Dr Juma is one of the veterinary surgeons in Kenya whose role is gaining currency in the wake of the rise of killer diseases that emanate from animals such as Ebola and Rift Valley fever that killed more than 300 people in Kenya in 2006.

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