IDEXX Laboratories has partnered with Lancet Pathologist Kenya towards changing animal disease diagnosis

The Kenya Veterinary Association, the Kenya Veterinary Board, the director of veterinary services together with "small five VET CLINIC" and Kenya Companion Small Animal Veterinary Association welcome IDEXX Laboratories in Kenya. Thank you Lancet Pathologists Kenya for making this dream a reality.

IDEXX laboratories equipments will help improve our diagnostic services by a great margin, animal treatment at our facility will be fast and efficient, our clients will be able to save money in seeking help for their pets.



The chief executive officer Pathologists Lancet Kenya, Dr Ahmed Kalebi, (second right) consults with Director of Veterinary Services Dr Kisa Ngeiywa as IDEXX Laboratories Regional General Manager Gail Caunter (left) looks on. Lancet Kenya has diversified into animal health services in partnership with IDEXX. PHOTO | Correspondent | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

  

In Summary

• The deal will see Pathologists Lancet Kenya start providing laboratory testing services for livestock and pets across the country. 
• Many vets often opt to treat their animal patients based on outward symptoms without the benefit of evidence-based laboratory testing.
• Veterinary testing market is largely untapped in Kenya but the demand for services is high. 

A laboratory services company, Pathologists Lancet Kenya, has partnered with IDEXX Laboratories, a global firm in the field of animal health. The deal will see Lancet Kenya start providing laboratory testing services for livestock and pets. The strategy is expected to give Lancet Kenya an entry into the veterinary testing market that is largely untapped in Kenya although the demand for such services is significant.

Lancet Kenya, which has over 35 branches in the country, has also introduced a system for supplying consumables and IDEXX-customised rapid tests to vets for convenient use within their clinics or in the field.

ANIMAL PATIENTS 
"Some vets have been approaching laboratories that are meant for testing human samples seeking essential basic tests in order to properly diagnose and treat their animal patients appropriately. But they often meet disappointments since human laboratories are not calibrated for animal testing," CEO of Pathologists Lancet Kenya, Dr. Ahmed Kalebi, said on Thursday.

Mr. Kalebi said that many vets often opt to treat their animal patients based on outward symptoms without the benefit of evidence-based laboratory testing.

These diagnostic services will be available to vets, who attend to small and companion animal owners, poultry and dairy farmers, vet public health, wildlife services and vet scientists.

REFERRAL TESTS 
Lancet Kenya has commissioned an IDEXX-equipped referral laboratory, in Nairobi, which will run routine and specialised referral tests required by vets across the country.

Samples will be collected through the firm's existing branch network and courier links, brought to Nairobi for specialised tests and result transmitted through online or mobile platforms to vets who previously had no access to these specialised services.

Rare and highly specialised tests will be handled in conjunction with IDEXX reference laboratories and other testing centres in South Africa, which are internationally accredited.