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Unpacking the impacts of ‘participatory’ forestry policies: evidence from Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)We evaluate the livelihoods of member and non-members of Community Forestry Associations under Kenya's participatory forest management (PFM) programme. We use propensity score matching of households based on recall based ... -
Unresolved Water Conflicts by Water Sector Institutions in Ewaso Ng’iro North River
(J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Management, 2021-04-15)Water conflicts have huge impacts on livelihoods and without proper redress, have capacity to stall economic development of a community. This paper therefore explicates the impacts of unresolved water related conflicts in ... -
Unusual Cause Of Acute Frothy Bloat And Complications Of Rumen Puncture
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Studies, 1988) -
An unusual presentation of suspected oedema disease of swine in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1999-06)From a group of 11 recently weaned pigs, 4 were reported to be sick. Clinical examination of the sick pigs revealed marked dyspnoea, bluish-red discolouration of the skin, incoordination and difficulty in walking. ... -
Urban Agriculture, Food Security And Nutrition In Low Income Areas Of The City Of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 1996)This article considers the extent to which farming activities undertaken by low-income dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya, play a role in the food security and nutritional status of the households involved. It compares three ... -
Urban agriculture, social capital and food security in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Geography, Northern Illinois UniversityDepartment of Community, Agriculture and Recreation Resource Studies,Michigan State UniversityDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies,University of Nairobi and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies,University of Nairobi, 2012)Much of the developing world, including Kenya, is rapidly urbanizing. Rising food and fuel prices in recent years have put the food security of the urban poor in a precarious position. In cities worldwide, urban agriculture ... -
Urban Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality of Leafy Vegetables along the Value Chain: The Case of Nairobi Kale Consumers, Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi,Department of Land Management, Agricultural Resource and Technology, 2011)Improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers. In major urban centers there has been rapid expansion of the grocery sections selling variety of leafy vegetables ... -
Urban livestock keeping in the city of Nairobi: diversity of production systems, supply chains, and their disease management and risks.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Urban livestock keeping in developing cities have an important role in food security and livelihoods but can also pose a significant threat to the environment and health of urban dwellers. The aim of this study was to ... -
Urea excretion as a strategy for survival in a fish living in a very alkaline environment.
(Nature Publishing GroupDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, 1989-01)Ammonia is toxic to all vertebrates. It can be converted to the less toxic urea, but this is a metabolically expensive process found only in terrestrial vertebrates that cannot readily excrete ammonia and marine fish that ... -
Urea Poisoning In A Commercial Jersey Herd.
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Urea Production, Acid-base Regulation And Their Interactions In The Lake Magadi Tilapia, A Unique Teleost Adapted To A Highly Alkaline Environment
(Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1,Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071,, 1994)The Lake Magadi tilapia, Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, thrives in highly alkaline geothermal springs and pools surrounding Lake Magadi, Kenya (control pH=9.9, CCO·=173mmoll21), has a functional hepatic ornithine–urea ... -
Ureotelism in a completely aquatic teleost: a strategy for survival in an extremely alkaline environment
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Use and distribution of organochlorine pesticides. The future in Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2001)Abstract: Pesticides have been used in the continent for about eight decades. Major use has been in agriculture, livestock development, and disease vectors control. Recent international conventions have been made with ... -
Use of a Prepaid Cellulase Solution for Screening Forage Grass Germplasm for Digestibilit
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1993)A reliable rapid and inexpensive laboratory procedure is needed to screen native African forage grass species for forage quality. This study determined the potential of using a prepared cellulase solution to assess in vitro ... -
Use of a Tiemann's catheter in the surgical management of obstructive multiple urolithiasis in a mixed breed dog
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Studies, 2006)A two year-old mixed breed, neutered dog was presented at the Small Animal Clinic University of Nairobi with a history of urinary obstruction. Clinical signs of uremia were observed. Catheterization of the urinary bladder ... -
Use of ambient conditions and sawdust in storage of sweet potato(ipomoe batatas) in Kenya
(Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, 1995)Sweet potato root storability and post-harvest resistance to pests and diseases depend on varietal 1and storage conditions. However little is Known in regards to the storability of local Kenyan, sweetpotato cultivars after ... -
The use of an intradermal test (Casoni) for the diagnosis of hydatid disease in livestock.
(University of Nairobi, 1987)A partially purified hydatid cyst antigen preparation was obtained by the precipitation of lipoproteins which were redissolved and then boiled at 100°C for 15 min to inactivate heat labile components. After the absorption ... -
Use of antigen capture tube enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi infections in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius).
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Studies, 1993-06)Parasitological diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi infection in camels is hampered by the small number of parasites in blood circulation, coupled with the tendency of this trypanosome to invade tissues. To overcome this, a ... -
Use of brachial plexus blockade and medetomidine-ketamine-isoflurane anaesthesia for repair of radio-ulna fracture in an adult cheetah (acinonyx jubatus).
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Regional anaesthetic techniques have been used in combination with systemic analgesics during small animal surgery to provide multimodal analgesia. Brachial plexus nerves block using local anaesthetics provides ...