Nandi AI Service Providers Undergo a Refresher Workshop
The County department of Agriculture & Co-operative Development through the directorate of vetinary services is determined to ensure that Artificial Insemination (AI) service providers across the county are well equipped to meet the required standards.
The main objective of the workshop is to build capacity of the AI service providers in order to enhance AI conception rates which will result to improved breeds and ultimately increased production of milk.
While opening the workshop on Thursday, Chief Officer Agriculture Wilson Lelei noted that his department is keen in transforming the dairy sector and therefore the refresher course of the inseminators was not only timely but also very necessary.
The Chief Officer urged the participants to leverage on the opportunity presented to them and sharpen their skills in order to improve on service deliver.
According to the directorate of vetinary services, over 12,000 cows have been served with the government subsidized AI semen across the county since July 2018.
This has been made possible by the hiring of 45 new service providers and acquisition of 45 new motorcycle for every service provider.
Dr. Samson Bitok, the director vetinary services, said that the training is aimed at ensuring 100% conception rates. “We want to ensure that we have quality AI service that will result in high conception rate and that will eventually give us good population of the next generation of good quality, high performance heifer/dairy herd in Nandi County.” said Dr. Bitok.
This, he adds, will ensure that milk supply meet the demand not only for Nandi Cooperative Creameries (NCC) set to be established but also for the external demands.
The subsidized Artificial Insemination semen are readily available for Ksh 2200 sexed semen and Ksh 600 local conventional semen.
Among the topics covered include semen production, semen handling and quality control, insemination technique and calf rearing among others.
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