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Epidemiological, Clinical and Pathological findings of Oedema Disease of Swine in Kenya
(2001)
The main epidemiological findings that were associated with oedema disease of swine were recent weaning (8-14 days), mixing of piglets from different litters, change of feed and ad libitum feeding with concentrates after ...
Aboveground Net Primary Productivity in Grazed and Ungrazed pastures: Grazing Optimisation Hypothesis or Local Extinction of Vegetation Species
(KLEE Publication, 2009)
The controversy that has surrounded herbivory studies in the last few decades prompted our investigation to
establish the extent to which herbivore optimisation hypothesis or compensatory growth evidence is real. We
used ...
Suspected sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever in a zero-grazed dairy herd in Kenya
(2000)
An outbreak of a disease characterised by very high mortality occurred in a group of nine calves (1-4 months old) in a zero-grazing unit 2-3 weeks after an introduction of an apparently healthy alien sheep into the calf ...
Paediatric sleeping sickness in Kenya: A case report.
(University of Nairobi., 2004)
Sleeping sickness is often considered a disease of adults rather than children due to their reduced exposure to the vector. Presumptive diagnosis of sleeping sickness was however difficult since the clinical signs observed ...
The role of health care in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa: evidence from Kenya
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2009)
In 2006, Deuchert and Brody1 presented findings from an analysis of the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) suggesting that prophylactic tetanus toxoid (TT) injection during pregnancy is a vector for HIV. The ...
Physico-chemical Methods For Preservation Of Opuntia Cactus Fruit Syrup: Empowerment Of Maasai Women In Laikipia, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
X-Ray Fluorescence Detected Variation in Nutraceutic-Implied Mineral Density in Underutilized Plants Mapped as Women-Operated Smallholder Units in the Lake Victoria Basin
(2009)
Indigenous plant biodiversity plays a key role in providing nutritional and medicinal (nutraceutical) need for smallholder farming communities. The objective of this paper was to relate farming decisions, farm landscape ...
Morphological Characterisation Of The Seminiferous Cycle In The Goat (capra Hircus): A Histological And Ultra Structural Study.
(University of Nairobi, 2000-05)
The cycle of spermatogenesis/seminiferous cycle was investigated in the goat testis using both light and electron microscopy techniques. Using the various cell associations and the accompanying changes in spermatid shape ...
Estrogenic and cholinergic properties of the methanol extract of Ruellia praetermissa Sceinf. ex. Lindau (Acanthaceae) in female rats.
(2002-01)
In search for alternative drugs with pharmacological profile to replace hormone replacement therapy, the effects of MeOH extract of Ruellia praetermissa on the uterus and gestation in rats was investigated. 350 mg/kg/day ...