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Factors associated with the occurrence of claw disorders in dairy cows under smallholder production systems in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
(2008)
A cross-sectional study was carried out between December 2005 and June 2006 in smallholder dairy farms within and around Nairobi, Kenya to determine risk factors associated with the occurrence of claw disorders in dairy ...
Prognostic indicators and the importance of trimming in non-infective claw disorders in cattle
(2008)
A cross-sectional study was conducted in 32 smallholder dairy farms in Nairobi and its environs, in which 300 cowswere examined for clawdisorders. The objectivewas to evaluate characteristics of claw disorders in dairy ...
Retrospective study of foot conditions in dairy cows in urban and periurban areas of Kenya
(2008)
A retrospective study was carried out to determine categories, patterns and outcomes of foot conditions in dairy cows from smallholder units in and around Nairobi, Kenya. Analysis was done on 625 hospital case records of ...
Use of test-day records to predict first lactation 305-day milk yield using artificial neural network in Kenyan Holstein–Friesian dairy cows
(Springer Link, 2010-04)
The study is focused on the capability of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to predict next month and first lactation 305-day milk yields (FLMY305) of Kenyan Holstein–Friesian (KHF) dairy cows based on a few available test ...
Effect of allocation of fixed amounts of concentrates on milk yields and fertility of dairy cows
(2001)
Nine Friesian (405+21 kg) and nine Ayrshire (394+ 18 kg) lactating dairy cows were used to
determine the effects of reallocation of afixed amount of concentrate feed to different phases of
lactation on milk yield. They ...
Radiographic features of laminitic claws of dairy cows around Nairobi.
(2007)
The objective of the study was to determine the common radiographic features in laminitic claws from dairy cows using abattoir samples. A total of 192 claws were collected from Wangige slaughter slab and 126 claws from ...
The effect of feeding diets containing intact or partially detoxified lupin on voluntary intake and milk production by Friesian dairy cows
(British Society or Animal Science, 1995)
The study determined the effects of partial removal of alkaloids (detoxification) ill crushed lupin seed (CLS) 011
voluntary food intake, and yield and composition of milk from dairy cattle. Twenty multiparous Friesian ...