Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Thermoregulation and water relations of two East African antelopes: the hartebeest and impala.
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, 1971-03-01)1. In controlled laboratory experiments rectal temperature, cutaneous moisture evaporation and breathing rate were studied in the hartebeest and impala antelope. 2. 2. At the high air temperatures (40–50°C), the sweating ... -
Economic evaluation of soil and water management practices on farmlands adjacent to riding mountain national park, Manitoba
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agriculture, 1994-05)This study evaluates on-farm economic impacts of soil and water management practices on farmlands adjacent to Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. Linear programming and Universal Soil Loss Equation are used to ... -
Epidemiology of theileriosis (with emphasis on east coast fever) and some aspects of economics of tick control in transmara division, Narok District, Kenya.
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1984)Tick-borne diseases are by far the most serious source of cattle losses in Eastern Africa. The four main tick-borne diseases, namely; East Coast Fever (ECF), anaplasmosis, babesiosis and heartwater cannot yet be routinely ... -
Utilization of national guidelines for food, nutritional support and care for people with HIV/Aids in Rwanda in the capacity project supported health centres
(University of NairobiDepartment of Home Economics, 2009-02)Rwanda has engaged in the fight against I-F\' AIDS by addressing mainutrition among people with HIV IAIDS through adoption of the guidelines for food and nutritional support and care of people with HIV/AIDS since 2005. ... -
The economics of production and marketing of potatoes in Meru District, Kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1976) -
The effects of some environmental factors on infection and incidence of culmicolous smut disease of sugarcane caused by ustilago scitaminea sydow, and its control
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1979) -
Epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal parasite infections of dairy cattle in Kiambu district, Kenya and in Denmark with emphasis on parasitic gastroenteritis
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 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 ... -
Model studies of waste water stabilisation ponds
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Beef production: studies on feed intake and on the use of a feed additive
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1979-09)The effects of a feed additive (Monensin sodium) on intake and feed efficiency. the factors affecting the accuracy of using Cr 0 as an external indicator for digestibility and intake studies ana ihe physiological aspects ... -
The structure and performance of Kenya's Sugar Industry(with Special Emphasis on the Nyanza Sugar Belt)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agriculture, 1978)The study descrihes the organizational structure of the sugar industry in Kenya and hm the existing structure affects perfonnance at farm, factory and consurrer levels. The study was conducted mainly in the Nyanza Sugar ... -
Olembo_Some aspects of the regulation of proline metabolism in the flight muscle of the tsetse fly glossina morsitans
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A study of water use efficiency in field crops of Maize and beans
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1970-05)Crop water use efficiency nay be defined aa the ratio of total dyy matter produced to total evaporation from the orop and the aoil. In Bast Africa, the areas of high photosynthetic potential (highest number of sunshine ... -
Sow responses to varying feeding panes of sorghum based diets
(Departmeni of Animal Production, University of Nairobi, 1998)Two studies were done to assess the influence of feeding levels of sorghum based diets on reproduction in primiparous sows. The first study was conducted to asses the effect of replacing maize w i th sorghum in p i q ... -
Development of pigeon pea population for marginal rainfall areas of Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2006)Two population improvement methods. Stratified Mass Selection (SMS) and Mass Selection with Progeny Testing (MSPT) were used in the improvement of grain yields of pigeon pea composite populations under marginal rainfall ... -
Water use by eight annual crops at Kabete. Kenya 1978/79
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1979)Investigations involving mainly food crops adapted to the Kabete area (the complete range of crops investigated being maize, field beans, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, wheat, sunflower, soyabeans and linseed) sought ... -
Factors influencing Maasai cattle productivity in Kajiado District, Kenya
(Department of Animal Production, University of Nairobi, 1987-02)A study to quantify and to production and nutritional parameters, determine factors influencing productivity of cattle in a Maasai pastoral production system was conducted between June 1981 and October 1983. It ... -
Infiltration rates and related soil properties as influenced by seedbed preparation and time of the year
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The nutritive value of some Kenya feedstuffs and the effect of protein and energy rich concentrate supplementation on the utilization of chloris gayana tray by wether sheep.
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 1974)The need to study the nutritive value of local livestock feeds in the tropics is advocated in section 1. That field of study was felt to be the more important in tropical countries where production from the domiciled ... -
Soil inorganic nitrogen and moisture in relation to eight crops grown on a red friable clay soil of Kabete, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Soil Science, 1980-07)The soils of the Station on which the trials were carried out are deep well drained red friable clays belonging to the Nitosol soil taxonomic group in the F.A.O. classification. The plough layer of the plots was moderately ... -
Studies on bean common mosaic virus on beans (phaseolus vulgaris.) in Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1984)Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV)occurs on bean, Phaseo1 us vulgaris L. , in Kenya. In order to establish the incidence of common bean mosaic in small scale farms, a survey was conducted during the long rainy season in 1981. ...