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Occurrence, clinical manifestation and the epidemiological implications of naturally occurring canine trypanosomosis in western Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2003-12)Domestic dogs were screened for Trypanosoma brucei infection using the haematocrit centrifugation technique as part of routine active surveillance exercises in the Busia and Teso districts of Kenya. The purpose was to ... -
Occurrence, treatment protocols, and outcomes of colic in horses within Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the treatments and their outcomes in horses with colic in Nairobi County, Kenya. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study to determine the occurrence, treatments, ... -
Occurrence, treatment protocols, and outcomes of colic in horses within Nairobi county, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the treatments and their outcomes in horses with colic in Nairobi County, Kenya. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective study to determine the occurrence, treatments, ... -
Oedema (exudative diathesis) in Ostriches in Kenya
(2005)Ostriches of various ages, unhatched embryos and chicks found to have oedema during postmortem examination are described here. Unhatched eggs and chicks originated from a commercial farm, where there was a complaint of ... -
Oedema disease of swine. A Toxaemia or an infection?
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Oestradiol And Progesterone Receptor Concentrations And The Metabolism Of Oestrogen In Uterine Leiomyomata.
(University of NairobiFaculty Of Veterinary Medicine, 2002)The contents of progesterone and oestrogen, and their respective receptors in uterine leiomyomata and adjacent normal myometrial tissue in indigenous black women in Kenya were studied. A random selection of twenty women ... -
Of Integrating Biological, Synthetic and Botanical Pesticides on Thrips Population and Yield of French Beans.
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Off-season Flower Induction in Mango Fruits Using Ethephon and Potassium Nitrate
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Seasonality in mango production is a major factor contributing to high postharvest losses reported in the value chain. Oversupply during the high season is one of the factors that contribute to the high postharvest losses ... -
Oil content in fried processed sweetpotato products
(Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, 1997)Ninety jour different sweetpotato cultivars with various dry matter contents were used to process crisps and the end product was analyzed to determine the oil content. A linear relationship between dry matter content in ... -
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On becoming an advocate for sustainability: personal reflections
(University of Nairobi, 2010)I reflect on my childhood experience when I would visit a stream next to our home to fetch water for my mother. I would drink water straight from the stream. Playing among the arrowroot leaves I tried in vain to pick up ... -
On the agroforestry system and in situ conservation of medicinal plant germplasm in transnzoia district, Kenya
(2005)In sub-Saharan Africa about 80% of the ever increasing population depends on ethnomedicine for their healthcare since modern medicine is mostly expensive or unavailable in rural homesteads. However, ethnomedicine is the ... -
On the Promises of Devolution: Overcoming the Constraints of Natural Resource Management in a Village in Tanzania
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2007)This article is concerned with the hypothesis that devolution, understood as entrusting local government with significant domains of autonomous discretionary power, will lead to the equitable and efficient management ... -
On Trophoblastic Binucleate Cells, Feto-maternal Interactions At Implantation And The Definitive Ruminant Placenta.
(University of NairobiFaculty Of Veterinary Medicine, 1990)The origin of syncytial cells found within the uterine epithelial layer in ruminants has been a subject of much investigation and in the cow and sheep the evidence suggests that they are formed as a result of the migration ... -
On-Farm Experiments: Some Experiences". Presented at the Second Symposium on Intercropping for the Semi-arid Areas (2nd SISA), 4th - 7th August, 1980 in Morogoro, Tanzania.
(University of Nairobi, 1980)No abstract available -
On-form cross-sectional survey for bovine fasciolosis in Kenya
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 1997)Bovine foscioliosls coused by F. gigantica is widespread in Africa, including Kenya. There is a large collection of reports on fasciolosis in Kenya based on abattoir data records from veterinary investigation laboratories ... -
Onchocerca gutturosa in cattle in Uganda
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya, 1970-03)No abstract available -
Onchocerca ochengi new species, an intradermal parasite of cattle in East Africa
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya, 1969-09)