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Studies on the physiological effects of viruses on sweet potato yield in Kenya
(Association of Applied Biologists, 2004-08)
Experiments to determine the effect of the three viruses most common on Kenyan sweet potato varieties were carried out at the University of Nairobi Kabete farm. The sweet potato varieties were Bungoma, Kemb 10 and Ex-Shimba ...
Recent answers to farmland degradation illustrated by case studies from African farming systems
(2005)
Farmland of relatively marginal Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture
(LEISA) farmers in developing countries is prone to degradation from various local
environmental and management causes. In the Traditional ...
The effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) on sprouting and quality of potato seed tubers in diffused light and pit storage conditions.
(University of Nairobi,, 2006)
Effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) on dormancy termination, sprouting and quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) seed tubers stored for 12 weeks in Diffused Light Store (DLS) and for 2 weeks in pit were determined. Potato ...
Effect of napier head smut disease on napier yields and the disease coping strategies in farming systems in central Kenya
(2007)
A survey was done in a total of 204 households in three districts of central Kenya, Kiambu, Thika and Nyeri to capture the dairy keeping systems, extent of napier head smut disease, coping strategies employed by the affected ...
Indigenous Knowledge: The Basis of The Maasai Ethnoveterinary Diagnostic Skills
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
The Maasai indigenous knowledge of animal diseases is comparable to the conventional knowledge of the modern veterinarian. Their diagnostic skills of livestock diseases is based on indigenous symptoms of diseases, vectors ...
Kenya: the development of private services and the role of the Kenya Veterinary Association
(University of Nairobi,, 2004)
Au Kenya, la médecine vétérinaire est exercée en pratique privée depuis plus d'un demi-siècle. Entre le début des années 1930 et le milieu des années 1960, l'offre de services cliniques et de conseils neconcernait pratiquement ...
Gross anatomical and histomorphological observations on the terminal rectum and the cloaca in the Ostrich Struthio camelus
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2009)
In birds, the ability to void urine separate from faeces is unique to ostriches. To further explore this characteristic, the anatomy of the terminal rectum and cloaca of the Ostrich Struthio camelus was studied in four ...
Occurence of peri-parturient rise in trichostrongylid nematode egg output in Dorper ewes in a semi-arid area of Kajiado District of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
An investigation on the occurrence of peri-parturient rise in trichostrongylid nematode egg output in breeding ewes was carried out on a Ranch in the semi-arid area of Kajiado District in Kenya during the period May ...
Application of immunoaffinity chromatography and enzyme immunoassay in rapid detection of aflatoxin B1 in chicken liver tissues
(University of Nairobi., 2003-04)
Existing physicochemical analytical methods for the determination of aflatoxins in animal tissues are expensive, cumbersome, and hazardous. To offer an alternative to these methods, a novel and highly sensitive immunochemical ...