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An outbreak of bovine leptospirosis due to leptospira hardjo and leptospira pomona in a zero-grazing dairy herd in Kenya
(1994)
Leptospirosis is a febrile disease attributable to any of the serologically distinct members of the Leptospira inter-rogans and may present itself in a variety of clinical syndromes in animals'':-". It is transmitted mainly ...
Diagnosis of human hydatidosis in kenya. I. The role of indirect hemagglutination test (iha) based on a thermo-stable antigen
(1986)
A method for preparation of a hydatid cyst antigen - antigen "880" - of Echinococcus granulosus origin by heat treatment of concentrated cattle hydatid cyst fluid (HCF) is described. The thermo-stable antigen was applied ...
On-form cross-sectional survey for bovine fasciolosis in Kenya
(1997)
Bovine foscioliosls coused by F. gigantica is widespread in Africa, including Kenya. There is a large collection of reports on fasciolosis in Kenya based on abattoir data records from veterinary investigation laboratories ...
Water requirements of African goats and haired-sheep
(1971)
A number of species of desert- dwelling ungulates (e.g. Grant's gazelle and oryx) can apparently survive desert conditions without drinking. We were interested in finding out whether goats and sheep herded in the arid ...
Investigation of rabies incidence and control by active surveillance in Machakos district, Kenya
(1994)
Rabies has been reponed in Kenya since 1912 (Hudson. 1944) but is now considered to be more widespread and prevalent than at any time in its history. Control measures, have not controlled canine rabies as in the developed ...
Transmission dynamics of dog rabies in Machakos district, Kenya
(1997)
Rabies is still prevalent in most parts of the developing WOrld, with approximately 4 million people in Asia, Africa, and South America receiving post-exposure treatment and over 30 000 dying after being bitten by rabid ...
Evaluation and mapping of soil erosion susceptibility: an example from Kenya.
(1995)
The erosion susceptibility of the Erosion Research Farm at Kabete Campus was mapped
using a qualitative parametric method. A grid soil survey of the 4 ha farm was combined with a map
of slope gradients, slope segments ...
Motile aeromonads associated with rainbow trout (onchoryncus mykiss) mortality in Kenya.
(1998)
A disease outbreak in farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss) on the slopes of Mount Kenya was investigated and the findings are discussed. Clinical signs included various degrees of eye pathology, cutaneous haemmorhage, ...
Flat plate solar collectors for water heating in Kenyan rural and urban food processing plants
(1987)
The manufacturing industry accounted for 26% and 24% of the
wood fuel and petroleum products consumed in Kenya in 1980,
respectively. There is a need to reduce the consumption of
both wood fuel and petroleum products ...
Recovery and identification of Besnoitia and other coccidia from cat faeces around Kabete in Kenya
(1994)
Faecal samples were collected from 50 cats around Kabete, Kenya, and were examined for coccidian oocysts. Oocysts of Besnoitia wallacei (in 2) were recovered for the first time in Kenya. Oocysts of Isospora felis (in 33), ...