MOSES OLUM

Dr
MOSES
OLUM

Research Scientist
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation
Biography
A veterinarian
Research interests
Vaccinology| Clinical Trials| Antimicrobial resistance| Disease epidemiology| Zoonosis and food safety
Projects you're working on
• Project 1: Investigating microencapsulation of organic acids and essential oils as immunomodulators, growth and performance promoters in broilers and chemotherapeutic agent against pathogenic bacteria • Project 2: Validation of Marikebuni East Coast Fever Vaccine in Pastoral areas of Kenya and registration of the vaccine – GoK funded. • Project 3: Artificial Insemination App for Improving Production – World Bank Funded • Project 4: Evaluating antimicrobial resistance in pig farms – WAP Funded • Project 5: Investigation Of Causes of Infertility in Small Holder Dairy Farms – USAID Funded • Project 6: Evaluating impact of donkey slaughter on livelihoods of donkey users – Brooke funded. • Project 7: East Coast Fever (ECF) Project – ASARECA - EAAPP funded. • Project 8: Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumoniae Project (IDRC funded – ILRI, KALRO Partnership)
Discipline
Bacteriology Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Epidemiology Parasitology
Host species
Buffalo Camels Cats Cattle Dogs Pigs Poultry Small ruminants Wildlife Zoonoses
Pathogen
Bacteria BacteriaBrucella BacteriaE. coli Parasites ParasitesNeospora ParasitesTheileria parva ParasitesTrypanosoma Viruses VirusesAfrican swine fever virus VirusesBluetongue virus VirusesBovine viral diarrhoea VirusesCapripoxvirus VirusesMareks disease virus VirusesNairoviruses VirusesNewcastle disease virus VirusesPeste des petits ruminants virus VirusesRabies virus VirusesRespiratory syncytial virus VirusesRift Valley fever virus
Stage of vaccine development
Clinical trials Commercialisation Field trials Marketing Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery