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Rearing Methods Do Not Affect Growth Pattern Of The Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida Meleagris)
(University Of Nairobi, 2010-04)
1. Growth pattern of helmeted guinea fowl keets was studied in two types of housing management: an open-air system (OAS) and a deep litter system (DLS). Changes in live body weight, wingspan, breast height, and head width ...
An Investigation On The Pathogens Associated With Clinical Mastitis In Dairy Cows Managed By The Ambulatory Services Of The Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine, Kabete
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
The purpose of this investigation was to establish the pathogens associated with clinical mastitis in dairy cows. The data used in this investigation was obtained from the laboratory of the large animal clinic of the Faculty ...
Use Of Albendazole - Levamisole Combination In Controlling Multiple Anthelmintic Resistance In A Sheep Farm In Kabete Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
The albendazole-levamisole drug combinations were evaluated on their ability to control natural helminth infections in a sheep farm where resistance to the individual anthelmintic had previously been reported. Forty (40) ...
Comparative Profitability Of Pork Butcher Businesses In Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Objective: The purpose was to determine the profitability of pig butcher enterprises selling cooked and raw pork from butcher shops in two districts of Western Kenya. Materials and methods: Butchers from two sublocations ...
Acute Toxicity And Cytotoxicity Of Aqueous And Chloroformic Extracts Of Rapanea Melanophloeos
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Rapanea melanophloeos is a medicinal plant widely utilized in ethnomedicine to treat helmithiasis in man and animals. Hitherto, information on its toxicity to man or animals is scanty. In the current study, the chloroformic ...
Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia In 3 Canines, A Challenge To Management
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
This paper reports 3 cases of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in dogs presented to the Small animal Clinic, of the University of Nairobi over a period of 5 years. The patients presented with sudden onset of dyspnea associated ...
Traditional Medicine In Kenya: Past And Current Status, Challenges And The Way Forward
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Traditional medicine is defined by the World Health Organization as the sum total of knowledge or practices whether explicable of inexplicable, used in diagnosing, preventing or
eliminating physical, mental or social ...
Biotechnology And Animal Health: Which Way Forward For Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Biotechnology has become increasingly important for improving animal health worldwide. However, in Kenya, the application of this technology in animal health is not as established as in the field of crop science. Therefore, ...
Emerging Livestock: Current Status, Global Perspective With A Local Focus.
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Livestock production in Kenya has largely focused on conventional domestic animals, largely ignoring the existing potential of emerging livestock species as sources of protein and other animal products. Emerging livestock ...
The Morphology Of Olfactory Mucosa After Administration Of Vinblastine Sulphate In Rabbits
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Vinblastine sulphate is a cancer chemotherapeutic drug which acts by disrupting microtubule dynamics of highly mitotic tissue cells. The affects of this drug on the nasal olfactory mucosa and its olfactory axon projections ...