Lameness in dairy cows causes vast economic losses by reducing production and reproductive efficiency. Claw horn lesions are the most common cause of lameness, but the extent to which they contribute to dairy cow lameness ...

In September - December 2000, a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out with an aim of identifying factors that determine selection of feeding options for infants 0-6 months attending Paediatric Demonstration ...

With rapid urban growth rates, a diminishing ability of many developing countries to feed the increasing national populations, persistent droughts, escalating food prices and increase in poverty, urban agriculture is ...

As early as 2003, The Greater Horn of Africa Capacity Development Initiative in Nutrition had already identified nutrition in HIV/AIDS as an area of capacity development urgently needing attention. The Government of Kenya ...

Malnutrition, which is a wide spread problem with devastating consequences, weakens immune system and worsens illness. It is a factor in about half of the deaths that occur among children under five years of age. ...

When children reach school ugc, they arc still !:',I'OWlllg, although 11Ilt ;lS lils( ;l~; their yOUllgl'l' brothers and sisters. They are usually very active and use up plenty of energy every day. To improve the nutritional ...

Bottle-feeding is common with more than half of the children given prelacteal feeds an hour after birth while median duration of breastfeeding (16.7 months) is also below the recommended duration. These inappropriate ...

This study was carried out to investigate the safety of urban grown food crops with respect to contamination by heavy metals. Sweetpotatoes, grown and consumed around Nairobi, were used as the reference food crop. This ...

Objectives: To examine the frequency of street food consumption of people living in low-income settlements in Nairobi and the role of street foods in their daily diet and to reveal why people consume street foods rather ...