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Pests and diseases in green manure legumes: Prevalence and management
(2006)
Pests and diseases are a major constraint to agricultural production in the tropical regions. several factors such as intensive cultivation, monoculture, tillage practices, use of agrochemicals, and decrease in soil fertility ...
Some Clinical Features of Osteoarthritis of the Hip Joint in Adult Dogs in Kenya
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2005)
Clinical examination of forty German shepherd dogs with hindlimb lameness was conducted. The severity of lameness was classified as normal conformation, mild lameness or severe lameness attributable to the hindlimb and ...
Farmer-Friendly Strategies Of Managing Weeds In Carrot (Daucus Carota L.) Production
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Weed control constitutes one of the main cost items in carrot production. The current study was conducted at the field station farm, University of Nairobi in 2011 with the aim of developing a cost-effective strategy of ...
Effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet
(University of Nairobi,, 2001)
Hypertension affects almost 50 million people in the United States and places them at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases.1,2 Furthermore, this risk increases with progressive elevations in blood pressure, beginning ...
Good biosecurity practices in small scale commercial and scavenging production systems in Kenya
(FAO, 2007)
Although Kenya is on the migratory flyway for birds flying from Siberia through the Middle
East and moving along the great Rift Valley to Southern Africa, it has not yet experienced avian
influenza infection. However, ...
Wind protection in a hedged agroforestry system in semiarid Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Abstract, In semiarid Laikipia (Kenya) severe crop damage and loss of mulch material may be
caused by south to south-easterly winds from June to September. Demonstration agroforestry
systems which surround farms with ...
Ultrastructure of the chorioallantoic placenta and chorionic vesicles of the lesser bush baby (Ga/ago senega/ensis)
(2005)
The ultrastructure of the chorioallantoic placenta of the lesser bush baby (Galago senegalensis) has been studied. The placenta was shown to be of the diffuse, epitheliochorial and adeciduate type. The trophoblasts of the ...
Economic analysis of farmers’ preferences for coffee variety attributes: lessons for on-farm conservation and variety adoption in Ethiopia
(2005)
The knowledge to-date recaps Coffea arabica to have originated in Ethiopia and its genetic diversity in the country is proved to be high. However, this diversity is threatened due to policy, institutional and market failures. ...