Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Urea"

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    • The effect of Pellet fertilizer application on Wheat Yield and its Components 

      Eyvazi, Jeiran; Irannejad, Hamid; Kianmehr, Mohammad Hussein; Esmaeili, Mohammad; Akbari, Qolam Ali; Onwonga, Richard N. (Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 2010)
      Increased use of fertilizer nitrogen (N) in agricultural production continues to raise concerns, because of the risk of surplus N leaving the plant-soil system and thereby causing environmental contamination. Therefore, ...

    • Renal excretion of urea and electrolytes in sheep and red deer. 

      Maloiy, GMO; Scott, D (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 ...

    • Renal excretion of urea in a small east African antelope, the dik-dik (Rhynchotragus kirkii) 

      Rugangazi, BM; Maloiy, GMO (Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, 1988)
      1. A study on the renal handling of urea by the dik-dik antelope (Rhynchotragus kirkii) was conducted. 2. Plasma and urine samples were analysed for osmolality, urea and creatinine concentrations during dehydration and ...

    • Urea Production, Acid-base Regulation And Their Interactions In The Lake Magadi Tilapia, A Unique Teleost Adapted To A Highly Alkaline Environment 

      Wood, C; Bergman, H; Laurent, P; Maina, JN; Narahara, A; Walsh, P (Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1,Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071,, 1994)
      The Lake Magadi tilapia, Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, thrives in highly alkaline geothermal springs and pools surrounding Lake Magadi, Kenya (control pH=9.9, CCO·=173mmoll21), has a functional hepatic ornithine–urea ...