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Characteristics of Lactation Curves of the Kenya Alpine Dairy Goats in Smallholder Farms
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Lactation curves are a graphical representation of the milk production profile of a doe from parturition to drying up. Their shape provides information about the productivity of the doe and offers a means of explaining ...
Combing ability of maize (Zea Mays) inbred lines resistant to striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth evaluated under artificial striga infestation
(University of Nairobi, Faculty of Agriculture, 2014-04-17)
The parasitic weed Striga affects maize on an estimated 20 million ha in Africa, making it a major cause of maize yield reduction from near world average of 4.2t/ha few decades ago to the present 1.5 t/ha. The objectives ...
The regulation of ovulation in the tsetse-fly, Glossina pallidipes Austen
(University of Nairobi, 1971-10)
The tsetse-fly female matures a single oocyte at a time. It ovulates this into the uterus, where it hatches, develops into a fully-grown larva, and is later larviposited by the mother. It is only then that the next mature ...
Marker Assisted Selection for Drought Tolerance and Striga Resistance: Introgressing Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) in Farmer Preferred Varieties of Sorghum
(LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012, 2012-02)
In Sub-Saharan Africa, sorghum is the second most widely grown cereal crop after maize. Sorghum is largely grown in the marginal, arid and semi-arid areas where annual rainfall is very low, erratic, poorly distributed and ...
The confirmation of Peste des petit ruminants(PPR) in Kenya and perception of the disease in West Pokot
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 2014)
Marakwet district is an arid district in Kenya where livestock keeping is a major activity. There have been severe outbreaks of PPR in Kenya since when it was first suspected in 1992 and confirmed in Turkana District in ...
Journal of AICM 2014
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Green Manure/Cover Crop Technology in Eastern and Central Uganda: Development and Dissemination
(Springer, 2004)
In 1992, Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organization along with International Center for Tropical Agriculture researchers from Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute initiated collaborative research with farmers ...
Breeding Behaviour Of The Ostrich Struthio Camelus Neumann In Nairobi National Park
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
The field work for this study was done in Nairobi National Park (112 km ) in Kenya, mainly during the years 197D and 97 The birds studied were part of a free ranging population of Struthio camelus massaicus indigenous to ...
Statistical Regression Model of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; Treatment Coverage; and Environmental Influences on School-Level Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Schistosome Prevalence in Kenya: Secondary Analysis of the National Deworming Program Data.
(American Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 2021)
According to the Kenya National School-Based Deworming program launched in 2012 and implemented for the first 5 years (2012–2017), the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomiasis substantially reduced ...
Gross and Histopathology of Goats Feeding on Opuntia stricta in Laikipia County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Various plant species such as Opuntia stricta have developed defensive measures, namely, spines, thorns, and other sharp pointed structures to protect themselves from herbivores and other animals feeding on them. Opuntia ...