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Bee pollination enhances crop yield and fruit quality in Kakamega , Western Kenya.
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 2009)In Kenya small-holder farmers, who form the main agricultural producers, do not manage pollination but rely on the wild to provide pollination services. With continued habitat fragmentation, there is likelihood of pollinator ... -
Beef and dressed chickens as sources of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus in Nairobi
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1992)Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) isolates from beef carcasses, minced beef, and dressed chicken were assayed for production of enterotoxin A, B, C and D using reverse passive agglutination technique. The highest isolation ... -
Beef Industry in Kenya: A Review of National and International Perspectives
(University of Nairobi, 1981)No abstractavailable -
Benefits And Constraints Of Zero-Grazing Dairy Production By Small Holder Farm Women Groups
(University of NairobiWangari Maathai Istitute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 1998) -
Benefits and Selected Health Risks of Urban Dairy Production in Nakuru, Kenya
(International Potato Center,Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment Of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2010)Health risks from food production in urban areas are attracting increased international attention, especially in poor countries with rapid urbanization where urban farming is widely practiced to mitigate hunger and poor ... -
Benefits Derived from Rehabilitating a Degraded Semi-Arid Rangeland in Private Enclosures in West Pokot County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Rehabilitating degraded rangelands using enclosures offers various benefits to agro-pastoral households. However, enclosure benefits cannot be generalized as there are variations across dryland ecosystems and societies. ... -
Benefits derived from rehabilitating a degraded semi‐arid rangeland in communal enclosures, Kenya
(2014)Combating land degradation in the semi-arid rangeland of sub-Saharan Africa is essential to ensure long-term productivity of these environments. In the Lake Baringo Basin in Kenya, communities and individual farmers restored ... -
Benefits of entrenching animal disaster management and livestock emergency guidelines standards (legs) courses into the veterinary curriculum: case study of the University of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)D isaste r - vulnerable communities are mostly those reliant on livestock. Disasters causing loss of livestock often leave a secondary legacy of economic instability, debt and dependency in addition ... -
Benzimidazole resistance in a field population of Haemonchus contortus from sheep in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of veterinary pathology, Microbiology $ Parasitology, 1994)A controlled anthelmintic efficacy test was used to confirm results of faecal egg count reduction test obtained earlier from a field survey where field strains of Haemonchus contortus were suspected to be resitant to ... -
Besnoitiosis and other skin diseases fo cattle (Bos indicus) in Uganda.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya, 1968-03) -
Beyond commodity crops: strengthening young scientists capacity for research on underutilised species in sub-Saharan Africa
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2013)Concerns over food and nutrition security within a climate change scenario have brought about a growing interest in agricultural diversification and the conservation and use of neglected and underutilised species (NUS). ... -
Beyond elite capture? Community-based natural resource management and power in Mohammed Nagar village, Andhra Pradesh, India
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2010-09)Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) projects and policies often aim to improve the livelihoods of rural people who depend on natural resources, and to promote democratic decision making and equitable benefit ... -
The Binding of Dietary Protein by Sorghum Tannins in the Digestive Tract of Pigs
(Department of Animal Production, 1984)The effects of reconstitution of sorghums on dry matter, energy, pro tein and amino acid digestibilities, and the nature of protein binding by sorghum tan nins during digestion were investigated. Grains from a high and ... -
Bioavailability of cobalt and anthelmintic effects of Albendazole fortified with cobalt (vermitan super) in sheep
(University of NairobiFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, 2010)The present study was carried out to compare the use of liver and plasma analysis as methods of assessing the status of cobalt, zinc and selenium in sheep, and to assess the anthelmintic efficacy of fortified and non-fortified ... -
Bioavailability of cobalt, zinc and selenium and anthelmintic effects of fortified and non-fortified albendazole in Sheep
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 2011)The present study was carried out to compare the use of liver and plasma analysis as methods of assessing the status of cobalt, zinc and selenium in sheep, and to assess the anthelmintic efficacy of fortified and non-fortified ... -
Bioavailability study of phenylbutazone in cattle
(University of NairobiFaculty Of Veterinary Science, 1991)The bioavailability of phenylbutazone was investigated in six adult cattle in a crossover study after intravenous and oral administration of the drug at a dose rate of 4.4 mg/kg. The drug concentration in plasma was ... -
Biochemical and haematological changes mediated by a chloroform extract of Prunus africana stem bark in rats
(2000)Various amounts of a chloroform extract of Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkm. (Syn: Pygeum africanum Hook. f.) (Rosaceae) were fed to randomised groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats. The extract did not affect body weight ... -
Biochemical and haematological effects of a revised dosage schedule of phenylbutazone in horses
(1983)Five pairs of matched horses were used to study the biochemical and haematological effects of a revised dosage schedule of phenylbutazone. One group of five horses received a phenylbutazone paste formulation daily for 12 ... -
Biochemical and haematological effects of phenylbutazone in horses
(1983)Five matched pairs of horses were used to investigate the effects of phenylbutazone on a range of physiological, biochemical and haematological variables. The drug was given by mouth daily for 15 consecutive days at the ... -
Biochemical and haematological effects of phenylbutazone in riding horses [anti-inflammatory agent]
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1982)