KARI– Kitale centre has fairly good laboratory facilities that have provided services to researchers, other research centres, NGO’s and farmers.  Others include high school students and college’s students who get attached for laboratory practical skills.

Nutrition Lab (Pasture Laboratory)
The most common analysis done in this section is the steam distillation for crude protein and the nutrient digestibility using the Tilley and Terry methods. 

Proximate analysis is done in this lab which include sample digestion for crude protein determination, cross energy, major and some micro elements. 
Some of the

Chemistry laboratory

Soil Laboratory
The soil management project has made extensive use of the facilities in this lab to analyse soil for organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium.

Soil Laboratory

Animal Health Laboratory
This lab was started and became full operation during the development of the vaccine against the East Coast Fever using the Marikebuni strain of the Theileria Parva.  Later the lab was used for helminthology studies in sheep.

The lab is currently active for routine diagnosis on station animals and farmers, research of college students for practical attachments.

Autoclive

Crop Protection Laboratory
1.    Stem Borer Rearing for Refugia Suitability
2.    Maize storage pests observations on various maize varieties- susceptibility
3.    Rearing of leaf/plant hoppers as suspected vectors for Napier stunt disease in Napier grass
4.    Preparing botanical chemical mixtures for use in managing various pests in various crops
5.    Identifying destructive pests/disease and give appropriate recommendation to farmers/students

Crop Protection Laboratory