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Indigenous Poultry Production: Current Status, Challenges Opportunities And Future Trends In A Changing Environment.
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
The poultry population in Kenya is estimated at 29.6 million birds. Indigenous chickens, which constitute about 80% of this population are kept by majority of rural households where they contribute to food security, income ...
The Potential Of Stingless Bees As An Emerging Livestock
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Stingless bees are becoming important alternative pollinators to the honeybee, previously considered a universal pollinator, due to their abundance and adaptability, besides behavioural traits, which further enhance their ...
Best Practices In Value Chain Promotion: Experience For Kenya Beef Value Chain
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
The Kenya beef value chain (VC) is characterised by low productivity, inadequate market information, linkages among VC actors, limited value addition technologies and facilities, limited awareness on quality and safety ...
Toxic Poisoning Of Pigs Encountered Naturally In Smallholder Farms In Nairobi And Its Environs
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Eighty four pig carcasses received in Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology between June 2004 and June 2007 were examined for toxic poisoning. Systematic necropsies were conducted and tissues collected and ...
Livestock Emergency Guidelines And Standards – A Tool For Livestock Emergency Response
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Climatic trends are causing more frequent and varied humanitarian crisis particularly among livestock keeping communities in developing countries which rely on livestock as a crucial livelihoods asset. Livestock interventions ...
Fish Production In Kenya – Opportunities, Challenges And Way Forward?
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Kenya has 13,600 square kilometers of inland lakes and 640 km of coastline. Ninety five percent of the fish landings are from fresh water lakes, 3% from marine sources, and 1 % from aquaculture. Ninety two percent of fish ...
Veterinary Education And Training:Remaining Relevant In Changing Demands For Veterinary Service Delivery
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Veterinary training at Kabete started in 1942, leading to diploma in animal health. The graduates worked strictly as veterinary scouts under white veterinary surgeons. However demand for training increased and in July 1962 ...
Surface Water Contamination By Livestock In Migori District: A Case For One Health
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
The quality of water in grazing lands is primarily a function of interrelationships between precipitation (interval, duration, and intensity), landscape characteristics, and livestock use. Water quality from grazing lands ...
Contamination Levels Of Wastewater, Re-used For Irrigation, Soils And Vegetables Under The Irrigation
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Due to scarcity of water, Kenya, as in many other countries, uses wastewater extensively for irrigation. This study was carried out to evaluate levels of contamination of the Kenyan wastewater, the irrigated vegetables ...
An Outbreak Of Sheep And Goat Pox Disease In A Farm In Kiambu West District, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Sheep and goat pox is a contagious viral disease of small ruminant (goat and sheep) where morbidity in adult sheep and goats may range up to 80% with some subclinical infections and mortality can approach 50%. In susceptible ...