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Economic Benefit of Crop Pollination by Bees: A Case of Kakamega Small-Holder Farming in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
In most developing countries, crop production is by small scale farmers, who mainly produce for their own consumption and the extra for market. Pollination in such systems is unmanaged and is usually incidental, supported ...
An Investigation into a Human Anthrax Outbreak in Maragua District, Central Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2006)
An outbreak of human anthrax occurred in Maragua district between December 2005 and January 2006 and an investigation was undertaken through visits
and interviews with the District Veterinary (DVO) and Public Health ...
Land cover change analysis in a tropical wetland
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Epidemiology of Trypanocidal Drug Resistance in the Transmara District of Kenya
(2006)
The sensitivity profile of 10 isolates of Trypanosoma congolense isolated from parasitaemic local Zebu cattle in transmara District, Kenya, to therapeutic doses
of both diminazene aceturate and isometamidium chloride was ...
Effect of tea cropping on the structure of some Kenyan soils
(2000)
Experiments were conducted on humic Andosols to investigate the effect of tea cropping on the structural aspects of the soil. Selected fields had the following: moribund tea, tea planted in 1959, tea planted in 1979 and a ...
Research Articles: Pharmacology and toxicology acute toxicity of Nicandra physaloides (L) Gaertn in cattle and mice
(2009)
Nicandra physaloides (L) Gaertn (Solanaceae), commonly known as the ‘apple of Peru’ is widely associated with livestock poisoning. The clinical signs associated with its poisoning in ruminants appear within 6 hours of ...
Preliminary investigation of suspected plant poisoning in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine farm, Kabete, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
An investigation on vegetation was carried out in one grazing paddock of the University of Nairobi, Veterinary Farm to establish the species of plants present and whether
some were known to be poisonous. This investigation ...
Oedema disease of swine. A Toxaemia or an infection?
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
Good procedures in conducting biomedical research
(University of Nairobi,, 2002)
Comparative susceptibility of Kenyan improved cowpea varieties to infestation by storage bruchids (Coleoptera : Bruchidae)
(University of Nairobi., 2001)