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Studies in Epidemiology and control of Rabies in Machakos District, Kenya
(1998-09)
This thesis describes a study of the epidemiology and control of rabies in Machakos District
of Kenya. The main objectives were: I) to design and implement a community-based, active
surveillance programme to estimate ...
Assessment of the potential of comfrey (symphytum asperrimum) as a source of vitamin a in a school feeding programme
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
The study was carried out in Gitathuru Approved School, Nairobi,
Kenya. A sample of 85 children (8-13 years) whose haemoglobin level
was <14 gms/dl were identified from a total of 106 children. All
the study subj ects ...
The Effect of Graded Doses of Heptachlor - a Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Pesticide - on the Reproductive Performance of Adult Female (sprague dawley)Rats
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
Heptachlor is a pesticide for foliar, soil and structural (buildings) applications. It is particularly effective against termites. However heptachlor and related chlorinated hydrocarbons pose a special problem because they ...
Household factors associated with salt iodine intake and their association with goitre among school children aged 8-10 years in Migori district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
A cross-sectional study which was descriptive and analytical
in nature was carried out between December 1996 and March 1997
to determine the household factors associated with salt iodine
intake and their association ...
Soil carbon pools based on physical, chemical and biological fractionation and their relationship to fertility of humic nitisols in the central kenya highlands
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
Based on a survey conducted among 198 households in the Central Kenyan
Highlands in which 33% of the farmers identified soil conditions as a leading
constraint to crop productivity, 12 households in Kiambu District were ...
Epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal parasite infections of dairy cattle in Kiambu district, Kenya and in Denmark with emphasis on parasitic gastroenteritis
(1998)
a) Field survey
The present study was designed to establish a profile of gastrointestinal (GI) parasites
and to determine the influence of season, farm, age and sex on their prevalence, burden and
distribution in dairy ...
Effects of Ricinus Communis Linneaus (Euphorbiaceae) Extracts on Leishmania Major Promastigotes and on Infected Balb/c Mice
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
The effect of castor oil plant seed oil fractionally extracted with diethyl-ether
and the aqueous extracts of its leaves was tested in vitro on Leishmania major
(Yorkimov and Schokor, 1913) promastigotes and in vivo on ...
Effects of brackish water and fresh water irrigation on growth and gas exchange parameters of acacia saligna grown in a runoff-catchment sytem
(1998)
Effects of runoff harvesting and supplemental irrigation
(using fresh and brackish water) on growth and gas exchange
parameters of two morphological types of a desert leguminous
tree, Acacia saligna, under arid conditions ...