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The incidence of bovine mastitis in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
Clinical mastitis was recorded in 294 of 3376 cows in 1971, 476 of 4744 in 1972 and 200 of 4595 in 1973. The California mastitis test was applied to 214 cows in 15 herds during 1972, and subclinical mastitis was detected ...
Clinical features and pathology of transmissible venereal tumour in dogs in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1972)
In the small animal clinic of the University of Nairobi in Kabete, during four years 70 dogs (1% of adult cases) had transmissible venereal tumour. In all cases the tumours were removed by electrocautery. Two to five months ...
Tropical versus temperate grasses.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
In this comparison of data on Kenyan grasses and grasses growing in different temperate zones, Kenyan grasses have higher CF and lower digestibility and net energy content than the temperate grasses. It was shown that ...
Characteristics of semen changes during Brucella ovis infection in rams.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
The effect of brucellosis on semen quality in rams was studied by means of artificially infecting five rams with a strain of Brucella ovis isolated in Kenya. Infection resulted in reduced semen quality including reduced ...
Soil management with respect to liming, manuring and other soil amendments in East Africa.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1978)
Some recent studies on the use of lime, FYM, plant residues, filtermud, ash, calcium silicate, and OM in East Africa are briefly reviewed.
Leaf protein content of some Kenya vegetables.
(Univerisyt of Nairobi, 1973)
The protein content (N X 6.25) of tender leaves of collected Kenyan plants which can be classified as herbs except for Erythrococca bongensis, a shrub, was as follows: Basella alba 20.5, E. bongensis 18.1, Solanum tuberosum ...
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 ...
Effect of temperature and relative humidity on plasma and gonadal testosterone concentrations in camels (Camelus dromedarius).
(University of Nairobi., 1977-05)
Relationships between short-term variations of LH, FSH, prolactin and testosterone in peripheral plasma of prepubertal bulls.
(University of Nairobi., 1978-09)
In 2 prepubertal bulls 10-min blood samples collected during a 24-h period showed that gonadotrophin and testosterone peaks occurred regularly at intervals of 6h in one animal and 8h in the other. There was a clear ...
An assessment of the efficiency of the Kenya Beef Records
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
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