Kenchic upgrades poultry laboratory

Poultry firm Kenchic Ltd has upgraded its laboratory by installing the latest testing machine. This will be used to detect different poultry diseases by screening for antibodies in blood samples of the company's, customers and contracted farmers. During installation, Malcolm Philips of Poultry Health Services, UK spent a week training staff and attachees from Tanzania and Zambia on poultry business.  Kenchic Veterinary Watson Messo said the firm will can now carry out tests and get results quickly and efficiently.The organisation is a licensed export slaughter house for poultry. Kenchic's production facilities are located at Tigoni (meat processing plant), Athi River (commercial broiler farm and hatchery facility) and six breeder farms in Kajiado and Naivasha.