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The Maasai ethnodiagnostic skill of livestock diseases: a lead to traditional bioprospecting
(2003)
A survey study was conducted on the ethnoveterinary knowledge of the Ilkisonko Maasai of Kenya. The data on the ethnodiagnostic skills of livestock diseases was gathered using a well-structured questionnaire. The result ...
Restraint of domestic, laboratory and wild animals:A Manual for Veterinary Students, Practitioners and Animal Handlers
(University of Nairobi Press, 2003)
What is covered in this manual is the basics of the art and science of the physical and chemical restraint of domestic, wild and laboratory animals. Senior veterinary students, veterinary practitioners, game wardens and ...
Dynamics of potato late blight on tubers and farmers' management of the disease in Kenya highlands.
(2003)
From 1998 to 2001, field experiments were conducted in New York, USA, and Kenya to study the relationship between foliage late blight control and tuber infection in the control of tuber blight (Phytophthora infestans). ...
Dietary composition of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) kongoni (Alcephalus buselaphus) and cattle (Bos indicus), grazing on a common ranch in south-central Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2003-03-14)
This paper gives the results of a study conducted at Game Ranching Ltd, situated at the Athi Kapiti Plains, Kenya, to determine the dietary composition of cattle (Bos indicus L), kongoni (Alcephalus buselaphus Pallas) and ...
Development of and Policy on the Range and Pastoral Industry with Special Reference to Kenya
(2003)
“Rangeland” or simply “range” is, by
definition, “inferior” land by reason of physical
and socio-economic limitations such as low
rainfall, high temperatures, poor soils, and long
distances from market outlets and ...
A molecular Genetic Analysis Of the Communal Nesting Of the Ostrich (Struthio Camelus)
(University of Nairobi, 2003-01)
The ostrich breeding system is complex and unique; communal clutches are laid by several females, although only one female, the major female, and the resident territorial male provide parental care. More eggs are laid in ...
Land Use and Spatial Distribution of Two Gum And Incense Producing Tree Species In The Blue-nile Valley of Wogidi District, Ethiopia
(2003)
The study was conducted in the Blue-Nile valley of Wogidi district in Ethiopia, where
woody vegetation degradation associated with intensive land use activities has become a national
concern. It was undertaken with an ...
Effects of controlled seasonal breeding on reproductive performance traits of pastoral goat herds in northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2003-11)
A systematic breeding programme in a herd of Small East African goats was initiated in Isiolo District, northern Kenya. The study was undertaken to assess the effect of controlled seasonal breeding on the biological ...
Human alveolar macrophages infected by virulent bacteria expressing SipB are a major source of active interleukin-18
(2003)
Recent publications have demonstrated that the protease caspase-1 is responsible for the processing of prointerleukin
18 (IL-18) into the active form. Studies on cell lines and murine macrophages have shown that the
bacterial ...