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Exploratory analysis of factors affecting weaning weight of Dorper and Red Maasai lambs
(2011)This case study explores the patterns in relationships of various factors with weaning weights of Red Maasai and Dorper lambs and their crosses, such as year of birth, sex, age at weaning and age of dam. In particular, ... -
Exploring farmer preferences for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination: A case study of Narok District of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Clinical Studies, 2013)Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important disease in most of sub-Saharan Africa. A conjoint analysis and ordered probit regression models were used to measure the preferences of farmers for CBPP ... -
Exploring Relevance of Agro Input Dealers in Disseminating and Communicating of Soil Fertility Management Knowledge: The Case of Siaya and Trans Nzoia Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In most parts of sub Saharan Africa (SSA), a lack of access to necessary agro-inputs contributes to low agricultural productivity and slows the overall economic growth and development. Agro-input dealers make inputs more ... -
Exploring the barriers to health care and psychosocial challenges in cervical cancer management in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08)Cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer among women aged between 15 years and 44 years in Kenya, resulting in an estimated 4,802 women being diagnosed with cervical cancer and 2,451 dying from the disease annually. It ... -
Exploring the Potentials of Community-Based Natural Resource Management for Benefiting Local Communities: Policies and Practice in Four Communities in Andhra Pradesh, India
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2011)This article contributes to the debate about the potentials of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) for benefiting local communities. It is based on a case study of the implementation of joint forest management ... -
Export Standards, Market Institutions and Smallholder Farmer Exclusion from Fresh Export Vegetable High Value Chains: Experiences from Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 2011-12)Many African countries are diversifying exports into fresh export vegetables, grown mainly by smallholder farmers. However, markets for these new products have stringent safety standards. This paper examines the green ... -
Exposure of school children to aflatoxins and fumonisins through maize-based diets in school meals programme in Salima District, Malawi
(Ajfand, 2021-04-28)Exposure to aflatoxins and fumonisins contaminated food poses threats to human health, including causation of cancer, immunosuppression, impaired growth, respiratory problems, diarrhea, among others. This study was carried ... -
Expression and activity of steroid sulphatase in the boar testis.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Clinical Studies, Veterinary Faculty, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2009-02)Oestrogens are essential for male fertility targeting the testicular-epididymal compartment. However, the underlying mechanisms are only vaguely known and species specificities must be considered. The boar has a remarkably ... -
Expression of estrogen receptor beta in the boar testis
(University of Nairobi, 2008)No abstract available. -
Expression of oestrogen receptors alpha and beta and of aromatase in the testis of immature and mature boars.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Clinical Studies, Veterinary Faculty, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2005-06)The boar testis secretes high amounts of oestrogens. In order to test for a likely local significance, we investigated the expression of oestrogen receptors (ER) in immature and mature boar testes using immunohistochemistry ... -
Expression of plastid-encoded photosynthetic genes during chloroplast or chromoplast differentiation in Cucurbitae pepo L. fruits
(University of Nairobi, 2003-12)The objective of the study was to determine the patterns of expression of two photosynthetic genes rbcL and psbA, during chloroplast and chromoplast differentiation in fruit tissues of three Cucurbitae pepo L. cultivars: ... -
Expression of truncated Babesia gibsoni thrombospondin-related adhesive proteins in Escherichia coli and evaluation of their diagnostic potential by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(2011)Among the previously established enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), an ELISA using the full length of a recombinant thrombospondin-related adhesive protein of Babesia gibsoni (rBgTRAPf) is considered as the most ... -
Expression of trypanotolerance in N’Dama x Boran crosses under field challenge in relation to N’Dama genome content
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 2011)Animal trypanosomosis in sub-Saharan Africa is a major obstacle to livestock based agriculture. Control relies on drugs with increasing incidence of multiple-drug resistance. A previous mapping experiment in an F2 population ... -
Extension Officers' Requirements in an artificial Intelligent System for Diagnosis of Maize Disease, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)A study was conducted to determine the most frequently used agricultural diagnostic information source by extension officers, the content of information which both the extension officer would like to receive for full ... -
Extent and implications of incorrect offspring-sire relationships in pastoral production system in Kajiado District, Kenya
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of NairobiDepartment of clinical studies, University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2008)The aim of this study was to evaluate accuracy of farmer’s paternity identification which determines success of future breed selection and hence genetic gain. Paternity of 269 Orma/zebu and Sahiwal/zebu calves was evaluated ... -
The extent, characteristics, classification and land use of important Vertisols in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1993)When the Kenyan Vertisols are classified following the Soil Survey Staff (1975) 'Soil Taxonomy', the only two subgroups (Typic Pellusterts and Typic Chromusterts) defined for areas with ustic moisture regime have been found ... -
Extraction of camel rennet and its comparison with calf rennet extract
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 1993)Camel milk requires more calf rennet than cow milk to coagulate and the relative amount of rennet needed varies widely (2, 8, 14, 16). Extracts of adult camel abomasa have been used to coagulate cow milk with success ... -
Extraction Of Camel Rennet And Its Comparison With Rennet Extract, Pepsin And Chymosin In Coagulation Of Camel And Cow Milk
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutritin and Technology, 1993) -
Extragenitally located transmissible venereal tumour in dogs
(Department of Clinical Studies, 1977)