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Ducks in rural and semi-urban poultry production.
(2003)
Poultry are majority livestock in Kenya. At 71, 000, the duck population is a small but it contributes significantly to the smallholder economy in the semi-urban and some rural areas. They however, are sizable number among ...
Comparison Between Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Culture Method in the Detection of Pasteurella multocida in Organs of Indigenous Birds
(2005)
A total of forty-eight indigenous birds were intratracheally infected with Pasteurella multocida, paired and sacrificed at specified times. Seven organs from each of the four pairs were swabbed for culture and tissues taken ...
The comparative antigenic characterization of Newcastle disease virus strains isolated in Kenya and Kazakhstan
(2001-01)
Twenty six Newcastle disease viruses — 12 reference strains and 14 strains isolated in Kenya and Kazakhstan — were characterized by means of a large panel of 38 monoclonal antibodies (MAB) directed against all the three ...
Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Eastern Africa
(2009-08)
Although Uganda has many wetlands and lies 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 ...
Carrier status for Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species in free range farm and market healthy indigenous chickens and ducks.
(2004-10)
BACKGROUND:
Listeria organisms are documented to be zoonotic; one of the sources of infection is the domestic fowl where it could occur as in apparent infection. The carriage of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria ...
Hatchability and fertility of indigenous chicken and duck eggs, and some causes of chick and duckling mortality in Kenya
(2007)
Flocks under study are located in the suburbs of Nairobi province and Machakos district. They belonged to smallholder farmers. Twenty seven clutches of eggs given to indigenous chickens to seat on, and 10 clutches of eggs ...
The Ultrastructural Dynamics of Parasite-Host Cell Interactions as demonstrated in Besnoitia besnoiti (Apicomplexa, Protozoa):
(2007)
Besnoitia besnoiti is an obligate intracellular coccidian protozoa of significant economic importance in the regions where it occurs. The parasite exhibits two forms in its intermediate hosts; the rapidly multiplying ...