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In Veterinary Medicine
(University of Nairobi,, 2003)
The incidence of atherosclerosis in African Grey parrots is high. An important risk factor for atherosclerosis in humans is an elevated plasma cholesterol concentration; this might also hold for parrots. Plasma cholesterol ...
The Use of Sociological Methods to Assess Land-use Change: A Case Study of Lambwe Valley, Kenya
(2003)
Land-use history, not readily available
for most places, remains the weakest link in nearly all
studies of historic vegetation change, in Africa as well
as other places in the world. Notwithstanding,
communities hold ...
The seed industry for dryland crops in Eastern Kenya
(2003)
The development and promotion of improved crop varieties as well as efficient seed production, distribution, and marketing systems have contributed significantly to increased agricultural production and food security in ...
Relative importance and determinants of landowners’ transaction costs in collaborative wildlife management in Kenya: an empirical analysis
(2003)
Collaborative management of protected areas—which involves state agencies, local communities and other stakeholders—has been identified as a promising approach of organising nature conservation. However, as a complex ...
Engendered Analysis of the Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Smallholder Dairy Productivity: Experience from Kenya
(2003)
The existing gap between potential and actual milk yield in Kenyan dairy farming and the need to bridge it led to the formulation of this study. The objective was to determine the socioeconomic factors including the gender ...
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(University of Nairobi,, 2003)
Commercial and subsistence Farming: What is the future for smallholder Kenyan agriculture?
(African Crop Science Society, 2003)
Smallholders in Kenya have traditionally made important contributions to food security by producing most of
their own food. They are, however, resource poor and, therefore, produce below optimum. In addition, the challenges ...
Effects of Neonatal High-Dose Short-Term Glucocorticoid Treatment on the Lung: A Morphologic and Morphometric Study in the Rat
(2003)
Glucocorticoids are often applied in neonatology and perinatology to fight the problems of respiratory distress and chronic lung disease. There are, however, many controversies regarding the adverse side effects and long-term ...
Occurrence of high udder infection rates in dairy cows in Ungunja Island of Zanzibar, Tanzania
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2003)
A 2-week screening was performed in small holder dairy farms in 4 districts of Ungunja Island of Zanzibar in August and September 2002. A total of 128 cows from 49 farms were screened for mastitis using the California ...