The government is in the process of rolling out an Animal Identification and Traceability System (ANTITRAC) that will ensure identification of animals from the owner, breed to the vaccination it has received.
Speaking during the opening of the Nambale livestock sale yard in Busia County on Wednesday, Livestock Development Principal Secretary Jonathan Mueke said the ANITRAC software, which is at the piloting stage at the government farms, will be rolled out to the county for every animal to have an identification number. "Every animal will have a tag with a chip.
The code from the tag, when keyed in,will provide the name of the animal owner, the weight of an animal and when it was born.
It will also indicate the quantity of milk it produces and the type of vaccine it has received.
