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Identification and characterization of an interspersed repeat antigen of Babesia microti (BmIRA)
(2013)
In this report, a novel gene encoding an interspersed repeat antigen from Babesia microti (BmIRA) was identified and described. The full-length cDNA containing an open reading frame of 1,947 bp was obtained by immunoscreening ...
Pathogenic effects associated with natural Gastrointestinal helminth infections in pigs in Kenya
(2011)
Pathogenc effects associated with gastrointestinal helminths infections in pigs were analyzed in 78 infected and 37 non-infected pigs in Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbilogy, University of Nairobi. Gross and ...
Seroprevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease in the Somali Eco-System in Kenya
(2012-06)
The aim of this study was to document the prevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the arid
and semi-arid areas where the pastoral mode of livestock rearing is pre-dominant in Kenya especially in the
Somali Eco-system. ...
Astrocytosis as a biomarker for late stage human African trypanosomiasis in the vervet monkey model
(2011)
The late stage human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is characterized by central nervous system (CNS) involvement resulting in activation of astrocytes. The aim of the current study was to determine the relationship between ...
Value chain analysis of smallholder snap bean production in Kirinyaga county, Kenya
(2012)
The study aimed to assess the competitiveness of small farmers of snap beans and how the value-added benefits are shared by various participants of the value chain in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. Farmers had the lowest share ...
Distribution of ageing changes of the goat aortic tunica media
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2011)
Drivers of Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Farm Households: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
(2012)
Smallholder farmers’ access to markets has traditionally been constrained by lack of market information. The
desire to strengthen farmer access to market has seen the emergence of a number of projects that employ ICT
tools ...
Life history traits of an equatorial common carp Cyprinus carpio population in relation to thermal influences on invasive populations
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2011-06)
Marginal increment ratio analysis of scales collected from the exploited common carp Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) population of Lake Naivasha between June 2008 and November 2009 revealed they were valid for ageing ...
Two Theileria parva CD8 T cell antigen genes are more variable in buffalo than cattle parasites, but differ in pattern of sequence diversity.
(University of Nairobi., 2011-04)
BACKGROUND:
Theileria parva causes an acute fatal disease in cattle, but infections are asymptomatic in the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Cattle can be immunized against the parasite by infection and treatment, but ...
Field trial of a synthetic tsetse-repellent technology developed for the control of bovine trypanosomosis in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
We conducted a field trial among Maasai cattle-keepers in Nkuruman and Nkineji areas of Kenya to evaluate the effectiveness of a synthetic tsetse-repellent technology developed for the control of trypanosomosis in cattle. ...