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Bacteriological Quality of Freshly Processed Broiler Chickens as Affected by Carcass Pretreatment and Gamma Irradiation
(1992)
Chicken carcasses dipped in whey fermented by Streptococcus thermophilus,
lactic acid solution or water and irradiated at 2.5 kGy by
6OCOwere evaluated for bacteriological quality on day-L, day-3 and
at 3-day intervals ...
Prognosis indicators and economic implications of advanced bovine ocular squamous cell carcinoma after radical surgery
(1990)
The productive life span of animals is shortened and the carcass devalued by ocular squamous cell carcinoma. This causes remarkable economic losses in the cattle industry,
particularly because the disease is most common ...
Factors used to predict prognosis and economic outcome of surgery for advanced bovine ocular squamous cell carcinoma
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
Seventeen cows of various breeds with varying degrees of severity of advanced ocular squamous cell carcinoma were treated by radical surgery, which included enucleation and extirpation of the surrounding ocular muscles and ...
Outbreaks of contagious ecthyma in camels {Camelus dromedarius) in the Turkana district of Kenya
(1994)
Mortality among camel calves (Camelus dromedarius) is one of the
most serious problems faced by camel herdsmen and, although there are several
reasons for this mortality, diseases play a major role. In an investigation ...
Effects of graded doses of the pesticide heptachlor on body weight, mating success, oestrous cycle, gestation length and litter size in laboratory rats
(1995)
Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with 5 or 20 mg/kg body weight heptachlor solution every other day for up to 18 days. They were weighed every day and the stage of oestrus determined by vaginal smears. One ...
Ways of improving the prognosis of ventral hernias in food animals.
(1990)
Any displacement of abdominal contents through "unnatural" openings in any part of the abdominal wall is termed a ventral hernia (Frank 1970; Keown 1976; Tirgari 1979; McIlwraith 1984). Ventral hernia is an acquired type ...
Anaesthesia in urinary tract disease
(1990)
Surgical management of renal patients is a fascinating challenge requiring a detailed knowledge of anaesthetic techniques and a careful selection of the technique most
compatible with each patient's condition. A knowledge ...
Comparative healing of nitrofurazone bandage treated and untreated excisional skin wounds in cattle
(1991)
The healing of untreated and Nitrofurazone bandage treated excisionalskin wounds
on the metatarsal and/or metacarpal regions of cows was compared. There was no difference in the rate of wound healing and epithelization ...
Gastrointestinal osbtruction in dogs at the veterinary clinic, Kabete.
(1994)
A study of postmortem examination reports of dog conditions diagnosed at the faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, covering 16 years ( 1976-1991) revealed that
intussusception was the most important cause ...
Features of dog ecology relevant to rabies spread in Machakos district, Kenya.
(1993)
A random sample of households in Machakos District of Kenya was surveyed using personal interviews to determine features of dog ecology relevant to the spread of rabies. A mean of 1,35 dogs/household, a dog to person ratio ...