Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Infection"
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Evaluation of the indirect haemagglutination test (IHA) in diagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercosis (Cysticercus bovis) infection in cattle.
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 1980)hree protein fractions, F1, F2 and F3, were obtained from antigens prepared from mature Taenia saginata. Using the IHA test, crude antigen and F1 consistently gave high titres with sera from calves experimentally infected ... -
Factors associated with Theileria parva infections in small-holder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya
(Department of clinical studies, University of Nairobi, 2002)The association between serum antibody titres to Theileria parva in calves and potential explanatory factors were examined in a longitudinal observational study that was conducted in 5 cohorts of female calves with a total ... -
Infectious structures and response of maize plants to invasion by Exserohilum turcicum (Pass). in compatible and incompatible host pathogen systems.
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2008)Objective: To study the differential response of corn leaves to invasion by Exserohilum turcicum comparing compatible and incompatible host-pathogen systems. Methodology and results: Maize leaves excised from 14 day-old ... -
Macrophages Are Critical for Cross-Protective Immunity Conferred by Babesia microti against Babesia rodhaini Infection in Mice
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2012)AlthoughprimaryinfectionofmicewithBabesiamicrotihasbeenshowntoprotectmiceagainstsubsequentlethalinfection by Babesiarodhaini,themechanismbehindthecross-protection is unknown.To unravel lthis mechanism,we investigated the ... -
Role of plasmids in the virulence of enteric bacteria
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1997)Plasmids have been shown to play an important role in the pathogenecity of most enterobacteria. Their involvement in various enterobacteria was discovered at different times and there is resemblance in the type of toxins ...