Dr. Lucas Luvai Asaale Asava

Lecturer, Department of Animal Sciences

Administrative Position

Examinations Coordinator, Zoological Sciences Department, 2017-2020; Member, Kenyatta University Animal Care and Use Committee, April 2017 to date; Departmental timetable, Department of Animal Sciences; Website Coordinator, Department of Animal Sciences; Campus Quality Assurance Officer, Kitui campus; Member, School Board of Postgraduate Studies

Refereed Journal Articles

Research collaboration initiated with Scientists from University of Hohenheim and other partner universities and institutes in Africa under call by German Research Fund (DFG)
Asaava LLA , Githui WA, Mwangi M, Mwangi E, Juma E, Moraa R, Halakhe A, Gicheru MM. Isolation, identification and associated risk factors of nontuberculous mycobacteria infection in humans and dromedary camels in Samburu County, Kenya. Zoonoses public health. 2020 August; 67:713-731
Asaava L.L.A., Gicheru, M.M., Mwangi, M., Mwangi, E., Juma, Moraa, R., Halakhe, A. and Githui, W.A. (2019). A cross-sectional epidemiological investigation of nontuberculous mycobacteria of public health importance in slaughter camels in Samburu County, Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production. Received: 28 May 2019 /Accepted: 19 August 2019. Springer Nature B.V. 2019.
Asaava, L.L ., Kitala, P.M., Gathura, P.B., Muchemi, G., and Schelling. E. A Survey of Bovine Cysticercosis / Human Taeniosis in northern Turkana District Kenya. Prev. Vet. Med. prev. vet. Med.(2009).
M.O Nanyingi, K.B. Kipsengeret, C.G. Wagate, B.K. Lagat, L.L. Asaava and J.O. Midiwo. In Vitro and In Vivo Antiplasmodial activity of Kenyan medicinal plants. In Aspects of African Biodiversity: proceedings of the pan African chemistry network biodiversity conference, Nairobi, 2008. Ed. J.Midiwo and J. Clough

Conference Papers

German Research Foundation (DFG) status conference, Bonn, Germany, April, 2024
World one health conference, Edinburgh, 2020 virtual edition (poster presentation)
Kenyatta University biennial research and innovation conference, October, 2019
International food safety conference, May, 2019