Peter Katsande is Fleming Fund, laboratory fellow (animal health). He is currently a microbiologist in the Department of Veterinary technical services, Zimbabwe. Peter holds an MSc in applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and have over 12 years experience in animal disease diagnosis. Research interests are in exploiting genomics to mitigate the public health impact of antimicrobial resistance and assessing the use of vaccines, enzymes and probiotics in minimizing antibiotic use in animal production. Peter enjoys playing soccer and travelling