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Enhancing village chicken productivity through parasite management for effective newcastle disease vaccination in Kenya
(2010-09)
Newcastle disease (ND) is documented among the most important diseases of poultry in the world, causing devastating losses in both commercial and village chickens. It is capable of causing mortality rates of up to 100% of ...
Comparison of the Carrier Status of P. multocida Between Farm and Live Market Indigenous Birds
(2005)
A total of one hundred and seventy one indigenous birds from smallholder farms and those traded in market centers in Nairobi were examined for the presence of Pasteurella multocida. Of these, 135 were farmed and 36 were ...
Ducks in rural and semi-urban poultry production.
(2003)
Poultry are majority livestock in Kenya. At 71, 000, the duck population is a small but it contributes significantly to the smallholder economy in the semi-urban and some rural areas. They however, are sizable number among ...
Comparison Between Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Culture Method in the Detection of Pasteurella multocida in Organs of Indigenous Birds
(2005)
A total of forty-eight indigenous birds were intratracheally infected with Pasteurella multocida, paired and sacrificed at specified times. Seven organs from each of the four pairs were swabbed for culture and tissues taken ...
Effect of parasite control on immune response to Newcastle Disease vaccination in village chicken, Mbeere sub county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of parasitism on village chickens’ immune response to Newcastle disease (ND) vaccination. Seventy two chickens, from a population that was confirmed to be infected with ...
Chicken parasites and local treatments used against them in Mbeere District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Poultry is the most kept livestock and almost every household in villages has about 5-20 indigenous chicken reared under free range management system. Seventeen (17) farmers in Mbeere District, Kenya were interviewed using ...
Systemic porcine salmonellosis: A potential zoonosis and cause of mortality in smallholder pig farm in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2013)
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Cholerasuis are potentially zonootic pathogens that cause porcine salmonellosis; a disease associated with economic losses worldwide. Presence of this disease in pigs in Kenya ...
Pathogenic effects associated with natural Gastrointestinal helminth infections in pigs in Kenya
(2011)
Pathogenc effects associated with gastrointestinal helminths infections in pigs were analyzed in 78 infected and 37 non-infected pigs in Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbilogy, University of Nairobi. Gross and ...
Participatory risk assessment Peste des petit ruminants: Factor analysis of small ruminants’ pastoral management practices in Turkana district, Kenya
(1998)
Need an introduction on why define risk- eg new disease,risk factors not defined)This research
established the risk factors associated with PPR spread in Turkana district. The study, a participatory risk
assessment looked ...
Time-course investigation of infection with a low virulent Pasteurella multocida strain in normal and immune-suppressed 12-week-old free-range chickens
(Taylor & Francis, 2011-11)
Twelve-week-old indigenous chickens, either immune-suppressed using dexamethasone (IS) or non-immunesuppressed (NIS), were challenged with a low virulent strain, Pasteurella multocida strain NCTC 10322T, and developed ...