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The economic impact of progressive atrophic rhinitis in grower-finisher pigs in a medium-scale piggery in Kenya
(2000)
Persistent sneezing of weaner and grower-finisher pigs is reported at the veterinary clinic of University of Nairobi, Kenya [date not given]. The pigs were from a medium scale piggery system composed of 15 sows, 1 boar, ...
Farm demographics and pig management practices of Smallholder pig farms in Kikuyu division, Kiambu district
(2001)
A cross-sectional study was conducted in a high-potential peri-urban area in Kenya to obtain baseline information on Farm Demographics and Pig management practices of Smallholder pig farms. Using a simple random selection, ...
Local skin reaction (chancre) induced following inoculation of metacyclic trypanosomes in cattle by tsetse flies is dependent on CD4 T lymphocytes.
(University of Nairobi., 2003-09)
The first visible response in livestock to the bite of a trypanosome-infected tsetse fly is the formation of a localized skin reaction, also known as a chancre. This is an inflammatory response in the skin associated with ...
Pasteurella multocida in scavenging family chickens and ducks: carrier status, age susceptibility and transmission between species
(2008)
Pasteurella multocida causes fowl cholera, a highly contagious and severe disease in chickens and water fowls. The disease is not well described in less intensive production systems, including scavenging family poultry ...
Caseous Lymphadenitis in Goats: The Pathogenesis, Incubation Period and Serological Response after Experimental Infection
(2001)
Twenty goats, in two groups of 10, were injected intradermally with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. The doses of infection were 1×105 and 5×104 colony-forming units (cfu) for groups 1 and 2, respectively. Thereafter, ...
Monoclonal antibody binding to a surface-exposed epitope on Cowdria ruminantium that is conserved among eight strains.
(University of Nairobi., 2000-11)
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies (MAb) binding to Cowdria ruminantium elementary bodies (EB) were identified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and surface binding of one MAb (446.15) to intact EB was determined by ...
Atypical dermatophilosis of sheep in Kenya
(2007)
An outbreak of an atypical form of ovine dermatophilosis affecting the lips and muzzle with
a very high morbidity in weaners and hoggets in Kenya is reported. Clinical diagnosis of
ovine dermatophilosis was made and ...
Perspective. Rice Development in sub - Saharan Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The role of parasitic diseases as causes of mortality in small ruminants in a high-potential farming area in central Kenya
(2001)
A 15-year retrospective study was performed to determine the role of parasitic diseases in causing mortalities in small ruminants. In total, 115 (32 %) sheep were diagnosed as having been killed by parasitic diseases out ...