The Department of Animal Production has Broilers for sale starting from Thursday 4th April, 2024.
Price at Kshs. 250 per Kg Live Weight.
Please arrange to buy some from the poultry unit and carry your own packaging material.
PAY THROUGH MPESA TILL NO. 806517
Kindly Contact 0720 728 610 - Mercy Njiiri for more information.
The University of Nairobi 8th edition of the Nairobi Innovation Week 2024. The NIW 2024 will take place on May 8-10, 2024. The theme for Innovation Week is, ' Strengthening the Innovation Ecosystem in Higher Education Institutions through the Government-Academia-Industry-Community Linkages for Sustainable Development.'
Innovators who are passionate about innovation and developing ideas to solve society's greatest challenges In preparation for The Nairobi Innovation Week 2024, register to participate in the Faculties-based Hackathons and learn how to innovate!
The goal is to prepare students and staff to be job creators instead of job seekers. The top three winning ideas from each of the Faculties Hackathons will get a chance to participate in the final Nairobi Innovation Week competition in 2024.
Thematic Areas:
Three members of staff from the University of Tennessee visited the department to follow up on the Faculty exchange Programme and possible new collaboration with the University.
There will be an MSc Proposal presentation tomorrow Wed 21st Feb 2024 from 12:30 Pm-2:00 Pm online at the link address: meet.google.com/gar-qahy-ixw
The presenter will be Semere Teklemichael Haile
Topic: Effects of inclusion of decorticated cowpea in layer chicken diets on laying performance and egg quality
3rd-year Animal Science Major Students on an Experiential Learning at KALRO-Naivasha where they majorly did about pastures. Types of pastures, how to pant and care, harvesting and storage.
1st-year students taking the Nutrition and Dietetics programme visit the Rabbit Breeding and Conservation Centre to learn practically about rabbitry. They demonstrated the good practice oh housing, feeding, cleanliness, and slaughtering of a rabbit.
The Animal Scientists Welfare (TAS-UoN) held its Annual General Meeting to evaluate the progress of their welfare. This is welfare which was started in 2013 for members of staff to stand with each other in regards to the general well-being of each other.
The Department on 30th October 2023, hosted some staff members from the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development (MoLFD), Somaliland, who also attended the Agro conference at the Faculty of Agriculture held between 25th -26th October 2023. The team was exposed to learning and training in Sustainable Agriculture and Livestock systems in Drylands. The visit contributed to the visibility of the department and also created an opportunity to market undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the department.
OHIO State University Global One Health Initiative team visited the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine among them the Department of Animal Production being one of them on 2nd November 2023.
The team from OSU-GOHI was led by Professor Wondwossen Gebreyes the CEO Global One Health Initiative and accompanied by colleagues from Gondar University, Ethiopia.
