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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) -
The distribution of nerves, monoamine oxidase and cholinesterase in the skin of the red deer (Cervus elaphus).
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, 1969-09) -
Renal excretion of urea and electrolytes in sheep and red deer.
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, 1969-11)1. The effects of varying the intake of water and nitrogen on the renal excretion of urea and electrolytes has been studied in sheep and in red deer.2. The concentration of urea in the urine of both sheep and deer decreased ... -
Dermatitis in cattle caused by Onchocerca ochengi Bwangamoi, 1969, and the effect of the adult filaria on the finished leather.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya, 1969-12)No abstract available -
Metabolism of urea nitrogen and adaptation response trends in the growing wether and steer.
(1970)Four wethers of average weight 33 kg were fed for 60 days on hay, straw, beet pulp, maize starch, glucose, molasses, soya bean oil, urea, salt mixture and vitamins. The diet was then readjusted, with crystalline urea to ... -
The Architecture of the Accessory Reproductive Glands of the Male Desert Locust: III. Components of the Muscular wall
(University of Nairobi, 1970)An electron microscopic study of the sheath enclosing the accessory reproductive glands of the male desert locust has shown that it consists, for the most part, of a single myofibril, and that other tissues (nerve fibres, ... -
Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1970) -
Phyllosticta leaf spot and tests for resistance to this disease
(University of NairobiPlant Science and Crop Protection, 1970) -
Clinical pulmonary adenomatosis of sheep produced experimentally.
(1970)A preparation of ovine adenomatous lung produced clinical pulmonary adenomatosis in seven out of ten sheep inoculated intratracheally. They showed dyspnoea, occasional cough and watery discharge through the nostrils in ... -
Isolation and properties of Mycoplasma from the respiratory tract of sheep with jaagsiekte in Kenya
(1970)Sixteen isolates of Mycoplasma were recovered from 10 out of 14 sheep suffering from jaagsiekte. They were classified into three serological groups. The first consisted of fast growing non-fermenters, the second fastidious ... -
Progressive interstitial pneumonia (maedi) of sheep in Kenya.
(1970)The disease is manifested clinically by dyspnoea, increased respiration rate, fits of coughing, fatigue and emaciation, and pathological and serological studies suggest that it is similar if not identical to Icelandic ... -
Toxic and medicinal plants of East Africa. Part 1.
(1970)Short notes are given on the distribution, description and toxic principle of: Cassine buchananii, Elaeodendron kiniense, Acokanthera longiflora, A. schimperi, Dialiopsis africana and Stephanorossia palustris. Feeding ... -
Toxic and medicinal plants of East Africa. Part I. Part II.
(1970)Plant poisoning causes considerable annual loss among cattle and sheep in East Africa; newly imported animals are particularly susceptible. The following plants common to E. Africa proved poisonous when fed to cattle and ... -
Phyllosticta yellow leaf blight of corn
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 1970) -
Respiratory disease of pigs in Kenya.
(1970)The lungs of 1.1% of 40, 836 slaughtered pigs were condemned between March 1968 and February 1969. The highest incidence was in August (1.6%) and the lowest in June (0.6%). Four groups of respiratory disease were distinguished: ... -
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Herit toxicity in livestock in Kenya.
(1970)Eight calves fed fresh leaves or roots of the plant in the daily ration died within four days and ten sheep drenched daily with 15 or 30 g of the ground leaves died within five days. The toxic symptoms included salivation, ... -
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