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Synergistic Bio-pesticide Combination Of Pyrethrins And Rotenoids
(University Of Nairobi, 2014)Pyrethrins and Rotenoids extracts from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium and Tephrosia vogelii plants respectively were combined at various ratio mixtures and tested against adult cockroach Americana periplaneta for ... -
Synergistic interaction of sprouting and intussusceptive angiogenesis during zebrafish caudal vein plexus development.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Intussusceptive angiogenesis (IA) is a complementary method to sprouting angiogenesis (SA). The hallmark of IA is formation of trans-capillary tissue pillars, their fusion and remodeling of the vascular plexus. In this ... -
Synthesis Of Results On Coffee [coffea Arabica L.] Agronomy Research In Rwanda On 31 March 1994
(University of Nairobi,, 1999)Arabics coffee plays an important role in the macro-economic performance of Rwanda. As a result, Agricultural Research Institutes have done research on coffee agronomy, aimed at improving coffee productivity. The ecological ... -
A systematic review of Rift Valley Fever epidemiology 1931-2014.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background: Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that was first isolated and characterized in 1931 in Kenya. RVF outbreaks have resulted in significant losses through human illness and deaths, high ... -
Systemic bovine mucormycotic infection - a case report.
(University of Nairobi, 1974)A cow which had aborted at 5 months of pregnancy was anorexic and emaciated and developed fluid diarrhoea. Treatment with intravenous glucosaline and chloramphenicol was unsuccessful, and the animal was killed. At the ... -
Systemic bovine mucormycotic infection--a case report.
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Systemic Mastocytosis Associated with Liver Failure in an Adult German Shepherd Dog
(Department of Clinical StudiesDepartment oj Pathology, Microbiology and ParasitologyFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2006)A 10-year-old German shepherd dog was presented vvith right fore limb oedema, ascites and hepatomegaly. A clinical diagnosis of ehrlichiosis and liver failure was made. Response to therapy was unfavourable and with the ... -
Systemic mastocytosis associated with liver failure in an adult German shepherd dog
(University of NairobiDepartment ojClinical StudiesDepartment of PathologyMicrobiology and Parasitology, 2006)Ectoparasitism is an important factor associated with poor production of village indigenous chickens. A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of ectoparasites in free ranging indigenous chicken ... -
Systemic porcine salmonellosis: A potential zoonosis and cause of mortality in smallholder pig farm in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2013)Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Cholerasuis are potentially zonootic pathogens that cause porcine salmonellosis; a disease associated with economic losses worldwide. Presence of this disease in pigs in Kenya ... -
Tackling the Tangle of Environmental Conflict: Complexity, Controversy, and Collaborative Learning
(University of Nairobi,Institute of peace and environmental studies, 2009)Environmental conflict situations are typically messy; a tangle of complexity, controversy, and uncertainty. As a means for addressing environmental conflict and decision situations and making progress on matters of ... -
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Tannin and fiber contents of rapeseed and canola hulls
(Department of Animal Production, 1982)Hulls from rapeseed and canola seed were analyzed for tannins, and the ability of these tannins to inhibit a-amylase in vitro was determined. Extractable tannin content ranged from 0.02 to O.22Vc. The a-amylase inhibition ... -
Targeting the poor: taxation of marketed forest products in developing countries
(University of Nairobi,Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2008)In this article, we investigate whether taxation of households’ production of marketed forest products in developing countries is likely to assist in achieving the general development objectives of resources conservation ... -
Taura syndrome virus (TSV) in Thailand and its relationship to TSV in China and the Americas
(2005)The cultivation of exotic Penaeus vannamei in Thailand began on a very limited scale in the late 1990s, but a Thai government ban on the cultivation of P. monodon in freshwater areas in 2000 led many Thai shrimp farmers ... -
Teat lesions and their relationship to intramammary infections on small-scale dairy farms in Kiambu district in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Clinical Studies Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1999-12)Mammary gland quarters of 139 lactating dairy cows from small-scale dairy herds were examined visually and by palpation for teat lesions and by California mastitis test (CMT) and bacterial culture for subclinical mastitis. ... -
Technical and allocative efficiency gains from integrated soil fertility management in the maize farming system of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-04)Declining land productivity and per capita food availability poses challenges to overcoming land degradation and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a need to identify ways of improving land productivity particularly ... -
Technical Efficiency and Technology Gaps of Sorghum Plots in Uganda: a Gendered Stochastic Metafrontier Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Sorghum plot managers in different locations have varying levels of resource endowment that in turn influence technical efficiency (TE). Therefore, plot managers operate at different levels of technology. The present ... -
Technical Efficiency in Kenya’s Sugar Production: a Stochastic Frontier Approach.
(In Press, 2009)This study measured technical efficiency overtime and explored sources of technical inefficiency of sugar mills in Kenya. A time varying translog stochastic production frontier was simultaneously estimated with inefficiency ... -
Technical efficiency of Kenya’s smallholder food crop farmers: do environmental factors matter
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01-11)Smallholder agriculture dominates Kenya’s agricultural landscape, accounting for 75 % of total agricultural output and 70 % of the marketed agricultural produce. As a result, the Government of Kenya, with the support of ... -
Technical efficiency of rice producers in Mwea Irrigation Scheme. Paper 9 presented at the 6th Conference of the African Crop Science Society at Hilton hotel Nairobi, Kenya on 16th Oc
(University of Nairobi, 2003)No abstract available