Diploma in Animal Health and Production

Diploma holders in Animal Health and Production are important in the animal resource industry as they form a link between the front line personnel and managers in the provision of animal health and production services. This diploma course is therefore designed to provide human resources in animal health and production in order to develop the animal resource industry in Kenya.

In Kenya, livestock production accounts for 50% of the total agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with approximately 4 million people depending on animal production. The main constraints to animal production are inadequate feeds and poor marketing infrastructure, lack of credit and diseases. The need to build capacities for animal production, management and disease control through training is necessary since well-understood procedures executed by competent and adequately equipped staff are the best responses to the production constraints.

The Diploma in Animal Health and Production programme is designed to equip candidates with the necessary skills that will allow them to address animal health and production problems from a multi-disciplinary point of view. The Programme will draw candidates from practicing animal health technicians and form four graduates.

Diploma in Animal Health and Production

Goal

To equip trainees with knowledge and skills necessary for development of the animal resource industry.

Objectives

  • To develop human resources with technical knowledge in animal health and production.
  • To develop capacity in animal health, animal production, animal welfare and food safety.

Diploma in Animal Health and Production

Duration of the Programme

The course duration is two academic years of five semesters and 280 hours of field attachment.  Each semester consists of 15 weeks of course work.

Admission requirements

  1. Holders of a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with an aggregate of at least C and a grade of at least C in Biology or Biological sciences, C- in Chemistry or Physical sciences and at least C- in Mathematics or Agriculture.
  2. Holders of Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) / East Africa Certificate of Education (EACE) Division II with at least a credit pass Biology or Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Physical Sciences and Mathematics or Agriculture.
  3. Holders of an “A” level certificate with a minimum of one principal pass in Biology and at least a subsidiary pass in Chemistry.
  4. Holders of a minimum credit certificate in Animal Health and Production/Animal Health and Range Management/Range Management/Agriculture/Wildlife Health/Dairy Technology or equivalent with at least an aggregate of C- at KCSE or division III or its equivalent at KCE from institutions recognized by the Kenya Veterinary Board (KVB).
  5. Holders of a diploma in a biomedical discipline recognized by the KVB.
  6. Any other qualification equivalent to the above from an institution recognized by KVB.