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Predictors for mortality from acute undifferentiated neontal calf diarrhea
(1992-02)
A prospective study involving 77 neonatal calves was carried
out to determine which factors in management, physical status and
laboratory findings at time of presentation to the clinic might
help to predict wether a ...
Potato virus y (PVY) in Irish potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) and tree tomato (Cyphomandra betaceae) and the influence of potato susceptibility to the virus and the aphid virus-vector on the spread of PVY Mosaic in Kenya
(1992-07)
Potato virus Y (PVY) occurs on some important crops, weeds and shrubs all over the world. The most common known hosts of PVY strains are Solatium tuberosum, Capsicum annuum, Nicotianna tabacum, Lycopersicon esculentum among ...
Effect of nitrogen and cane density on cane architecture, fruit and fruit yield components in primocane bearing red Raspberries
(1992)
Nitrogen fertilization and cane density management are
the most critical factors in the commercial production of red
raspberries. In general, little is known about these factors
in relation to primocane bearing red ...
Computer Assisted Cartography
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
Effect of intercropping pea with cabola or yellow mustard
(1992)
Major professor: Dr. E. H. Stobbe, Department of Plant Science
Intercropping is a farming practice that has recently
received attention as a means of improving land productivity
in western Canada. The main reason for ...
Determination of agricultural production constraints and optimal enterprise. Mix in an irrigation scheme: the case of Hola irrigation scheme in Kenya
(1992)
This study arose out of the need to address the problem of poor performance of Kenya's large scale irrigation schemes. The poor performance has been
evidenced by the negative cash flows that these schemes have consistently ...
Optimal, farm plans for small holder farmers practising irrigation along Yatta canal of Machakos District, Kenya: a linear programming approach
(1992-05)
The main objective of the study was to develop optimal
farm plans for irrigation farmers along the Yatta canal who
are permitted to irrigate a maXlmum area of 0.5 hectare per
growing season. Other objectives of the study ...
Cassia Didymotrya Fres And Solanum Incanum L In Rats
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
Evaluation of the commonly used analgesics in the naked mole-rat (heterocephalus glaber) and the root-rat mole-rat (tachyoryctes splendens) using the hot-plate test
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
The aims of the experiments were to study pain
mechanisms and behaviour in two species of mole-rats, the
naked mole-rat (Heterocepha/us g/aber) and the root-rat
mole-rat (Tachyoryctes sp/endens). Two opioids (pethidine
and ...
Dietary and water related factors associated with endemic goitre in school children in Awasa district, southern Ethiopia.
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
A case control study was carried out to identify factors
associated with endemic goitre in school children, 6 - 18
years of age, in Awasa district in Sidamo region, South
Ethiopia. The factors considered in the study ...