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Factors Affecting the Design of Integrated Strategies for the Control of Taenia Solium Infections in Kamuli and Hoima Districts, Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Taenia (T.) solium is a zoonotic parasite causing three diseases: - Taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans and porcine cysticercosis in pigs.The life cycle is entirely dependent on the transmission between humans and pigs ...
Fusarium Species and Fumonisin in Atoxigenic Aspergillus Flavus (Aflasafe Ke01) Treated Maize Fields in Lower Eastern Kenya University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Contamination of crops with fumonisin leads to huge losses in cereals and negatively impacts on human health, animal productivity and international trade. Management of fumonisin contamination in maize has been a challenge ...
Efficacy of Dietary Intervention and Psychosocial Management for Depression Care Among Perinatal Women in Urban Low-income Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Depression is the most common mental health problem affecting women during pregnancy and after childbirth. Simultaneously, nutritional deficiencies are common in pregnancy, and after child birth. Poor nutrition has been ...
Effect of inclusion of enzymatically pre-treated Sunflower Meal and Wheat Middlings in Broiler chicken diets
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
The study investigated 1) the effect of in vitro pre-treatment of sunflower meal (SM) and wheat middlings (WM) using fiber degrading enzymes (FDE) without or with protease on mono-sugars release, organic acid concentration ...
Bovine Mastitis: Establishing Bacterial Diversity, Associated Risk Factors, and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of the Isolates in Embu and Kajiado Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Bovine mastitis is one of the most important global diseases of cattle in which it adversely affects animal and human health, quality and quantity of milk, and the economics of almost every country. Despite the global ...
Determination of Optimum Harvesting Time and Development of Cassava Root- Leaf Flakes With Improved Protein, Minerals and Vitamins
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
The current study intended to bridge a gap where coastal Kenya contributes up to 27% of the cassava produced nationally, yet remains highly insecure in terms of food and nutrition. This is at an interface of scientific ...
Effect of inclusion of enzymatically pre-treated Sunflower Meal and Wheat Middlings in Broiler chicken diets
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
The study investigated 1) the effect of in vitro pre-treatment of sunflower meal (SM) and wheat middlings (WM) using fiber degrading enzymes (FDE) without or with protease on mono-sugars release, organic acid concentration ...
Smallholder Farmers’ Household Savings and Their Influence on Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies in Nyando Basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Adoption of CSA technologies present an opportunity where smallholder farmers can not only be
climate change resilient but also increase their agricultural productivity and incomes. Despite their
proven benefits, the ...
Novel Sources of the Stay Green Trait in Sorghum and Its Introgression Into Farmer Preferred Varieties for Improved Drought Tolerance
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Drought is an important abiotic stress in the tropics that highly constrains sorghum production.
Sorghum landraces and wild relatives have been known to harbor sources of novel genes but
there is hardly any information ...
Anti-inflammatory, Analgesic, and Cytotoxic Effects of the Phytexponent Preparation: a Polyherbal Formulation
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Pain and inflammation are the commonest manifestations of various pathologies, and are associated with high morbidities, debility, and economic strife globally, especially in underdeveloped regions of sub-Saharan Africa. ...