Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Infections"
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An abattoir survey of gastrointestinal nematode infections in cattle in the central highlands of Kenya
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 1998-07)The gastrointestinal tracts of 672 crossbred cattle were obtained from various abattoirs in Kiambu District, Kenya from August 1992 to July 1993, and examined for the presence of gastrointestinal nematodes. Eight nematode ... -
Evaluation of the efficacy of aqueous extracts of albiziaanthelmintica and maerua edulis against the nematode heligmosomoides polygyrus infections in mice.
(Department of clinical studies, 2005)Anthelmintic activity of the water extracts ofAlbizia anthelmintica bark and Maerua_edulis root was evaluated in mice thathad been experimentally infected with the intestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus. The ... -
Mammary gland infections in free-range goats in Kenya
(Department of clinical studies, 1992)In the recent years interest in keeping dairy goat has increased and does capable of producing 8 I itres of milk/day are becoming common. With this increase In production there is inevitably a greater risk of rnastitis. ... -
Pathogenesis of Bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) infections: Interactions of the virus with peripheral bovine blood cellular components
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1979)Bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) is believed to reach the placenta via the hematogenous route as the virus has been recovered from the blood buffy coat cells of experimentally infected cattle. However, the manner in which the ...