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Cyanogenesis in passion fruit. I. Detection and quantification of cyanide in passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) at different stages of fruit development.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
Data are presented on the cyanide content of passion fruits at 5 stages of ripeness from young to ripe (fallen and wrinkled). The cyanide content declined progressively during ripening and that of fresh ripe fruits was far ...
Levels of vitamins A and C in some Kenyan vegetable plants
(Univerisyt of Nairobi, 1979)
Leaves of Crotalaria brevidens, Amaranthus lividus, Gynandropsis gynandra and Corchorus olitorius all grown in Kenya had vitamin C 100 to 150 mu g/g. C. brevidens and A. lividus had most vitamin A, 250 to 300 and 200 mu ...
Control of sub-clinical mastitis by intramammary antibiotics infusion during lactation in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
Intramammary antibiotics therapy with 600 000 IU penicillin G sodium, 600 000 IU dihydrostreptomycin sulphate and 10 000 IU vitamin A palmitate, was studied in 3 dairy herds in the Kiambu district of Kenya. One herd consisted ...
Studies of the permanent incisor eruption, and body development, of the Large East African Zebu (Boran) 2. Relations of incisor eruption with body growth, body development, and carcass composition.
(University of Nairobi, 1977)
The growth curves for early and late eruptors were compared (steers whose eruption age of the 1st incisor pair was less than the mean and greater than the mean resp.). From birth to 195 wk, early eruptors were heavier than ...
Genetics of Hessian fly resistance in spring barley.
(Univerisyt of Nairobi, 1976)
The resistance of Algiers, Besert and Dinar, varieties of North African origin, was analysed in detail and compared with that of Delta, a variety previously established as having stable resistance. There appeared to be ...
Lesions of the canine penis and prepuce.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
In 185 dogs treated for penile or preputial problems in Nairobi, 197 lesions were observed including 86 tumours (of which 84 were transmissible venereal tumours), 40 cases of balanoposthitis, 38 wounds, 14 urethral calculi ...
The incidence of gamma-globulin and J antigen in sera of foetal calves from zebu cattle.
(University of Nairobi, 1973)
Fifty sera from zebu foetal calves were examined by sodium sulphite turbidity test, agar gel double diffusion, immunoelectrophoresis and radial immunodiffusion procedures for gamma-globulin, and by an inhibition test for ...
Effect of humoral antibodies on the course of Theileria parva infection (East Coast Fever) of cattle.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
A study was made of the effects of serum and gamma-globulins from vaccinated cattle (donor cattle) given to cattle exposed to Theileria parva infection. The latter were treated with normal serum, with serum containing high ...
Serological types of Pasteurella haemolytica in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
The 12 known serotypes of P. haemolytica and the two biotypes A and T were found to occur in Kenya. Biotype T was more common in disease conditions than biotype A, which was more common in the nasal passages of healthy ...
The isolation of M nanum from a dog with skin lesions.
(University of Nairobi, 1974)
Microsporum nanum has been previously associated with ringworm in man and pigs. This is the first report of its isolation from lesions in a dog. Two alopecic lesions (1.5 cm in diameter) were present on the head; a similar ...