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    Enhancing public health awareness on food safety risks associated with livestock feeding practices in the peri urban slums of Kisumu city, Kenya.
    (2023) PROF. CHARLES MULEKE INYAGWA, PHD
    PUBLICATION 1 Livestock feeding practices present food safety concerns to consurmners who are aware of food safety and their linkage to feeding practices. Domesticated animals kept in the peri-urban territories often feed on waste dump feeds and polluted waters. Consequently, animal feeds could be contaminated with potentially toxic metals and diseases which may lead to death and economic losses in lost trade opportunities. Objective of this study was to determine the risk factors assoctated with vestock feeding and disease control practices in the peri-urban slums of Kisurme City, Kenya. This was achieved through identifiing. characterizing and disseminating peri-urban livestock feeding practices and constraints, and their effects on food safety as well as general well-being of Hvestock. Primary: data was collected from 291 randomly selected smallholder hvestock farmers in the peri-urban slums of the City by use of semi-structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics inform of cross tabulations, means and frequencies were used to characterize peri-urban livestock feeding and disease control practices. The results revealed that 589 of the county residents were male while 2 96 were female. Their ages ranged between 18 and SOvears with a mean age of 55. Majority (749%) praocticed both livestock and crop production while 26% kept livestock only. The farmers mainly kept indigenous cattie (9796 ) as opposed to exotic (396.). The prevalent livestock farming systerm was free range (939%) where most farmers grazed their lvestock on open wnutilized spaces and dwmp sites. Animals were kept for consumption (629%) and for income generation (329). The main production constraints identified by farmers were diseases (65%) and lack of feed (209%). The diseases varied with region and animal species which included tick-borne diseases (5396) and foot and mouth (159%). Farmers obtained information on management and treatment of lvestock largely from private veterinarians (649). There is need to . create policies on peri-urban stum livestock keeping practices, and waste management to reduce the risks assoctaced N weith livestock feeding and diseases in Kisuma city. )23