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Wildlife-Livestock Interface In A Changing Environment
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Wildlife-livestock interface defines the interaction between free ranging wildlife and livestock and livestock husbandry practices. This occurs as a result of belonging to the same or bordering ecosystems or sharing of ...
Factors Leading To Lack Of Confirmation And Under-Reporting Of Foot-And-Mouth Disease In The Somali- Ecosystem In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010-08)
Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) is an endemic disease in Kenya with regular reporting in all the provinces of the country except North-Eastern Province. Serotype O and A have been encountered in the past1 in the region but ...
Perspectives of predictive epidemiology and early warning systems for Rift Valley fever in Garissa, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2013)
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is an arthropod-borne viral zoonosis with a potential global threat to domestic animals and humans. Climate variability is recognized as one of the major drivers contributing RVF epidemics and ...
COLLECTION, SEROTYPING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS in circulation in the Somali-ecosystem in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) is an endemic disease in Kenya with five of the seven serotypes of the Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) causing outbreaks in different regions of Kenya namely O, A, C, SAT 1 and SAT 2. ...
Climate change vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation of livestock systems in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2012-04)
In Kenya, global circulation models predict that, by the year 2100, climate change will increase
temperatures by about 4°C leading to massive crop failure, reduced availability of forage and water,livestock mortality and ...