Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "P. M. F, Mbithi"

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    • Evaluation of Ethyl Alcohol in Treatment of Cystic Echinococcosis Using Puncture, Aspiration, Introduction, Reaspiration (PAIR) Technique 

      P. M. F, Mbithi; E.M, Njoroge; J.M, Gathuma; T. M, Wachira; J. K, Magambo; S, Njiru; E, Zeyhle (Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of NairobiAfrican Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF),Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya, 2005)
      This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of 95% ethyl alcohol in PAIR technique. Animals with natural infection were randomly divided into two groups. In the test group, cysts (n=7) were punctured, cyst fluid ...

    • Helminthosis in Smallholder Pig herds in Kikuyu division, Kiambu district, Kenya 

      J.K, Wabacha; C. M, Mulei; M .N, Kyule; K. H, Zessin; P. M. F, Mbithi; W K, Munyua; J. M, Maribei (Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of NairobiPostgraduate Studies in InternationalAnimal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Luisenstrassc 56, D- 10117, Berlin, Germany, 2004)
      A study was conducted in sixty-two randomly selected herds in Kikuyu division, Kiambu district in central Kenyan highlands to obtain prevalence, spectrum and intensity of gastrointestinal helminths in pigs kept by smallholder ...