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Preliminary Analysis of Tetracycline Residues in Marketed Pork in Hanoi, Vietnam
(University of Nairobi, 2006-10)
A cross-sectional survey was designed to investigate the proportion of tetracycline residues in marketed pork in suburb and urban districts in Hanoi. A total of 290 raw muscle samples were randomly collected from open ...
Prevalence of Salmonella in Retail Chicken Meat in Hanoi, Vietnam
(University of Nairobi, 2006-11)
Infection with Salmonella (S.) is the most frequently reported cause of bacterial food-borne illness worldwide. Poultry are a common source and, in recent years, much attention has been focused in determining the prevalence ...
Epithelial transformations in the establishment of the blood–gas barrier in the developing chick embryo lung
(Wiley, 2006)
The tall epithelium of the developing chick embryo lung is converted to a squamous one, which participates in formation of the thin blood–gas barrier. We show that this conversion occurred through processes resembling ...
Sweetpotato virus diseases research in East Africa
(2006)
Sweetpotato is an important staple food crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, with production being concentrated in East Africa, particularly around Lake Victoria. Productivity of the crop is greatly constrained by viral diseases. ...
Local organizations involved in the conservation of crop genetic resources: conditions for their emergence and success in Ethiopia and Kenya
(2006)
Local organizations comprising of farmers, local formal and informal institutions, and public conservators
can potentially be relevant options to confront the challenges of conserving indigenous crop varieties in
developing ...
Understanding the perceived importance of risk for coffee growers: empirical evidence from Ethiopia
(2006)
Risk perceptions play a key role in production and investment behavior of farmers. However, insufficient attention has been given to understand its nature and distribution in cash crop farming such as coffee. This study, ...
The Logistic Model-generated carrying capacities, maximum sustained off-take rates and optimal stocking rates for Kenya.
(NISC PTY LTD, 2006)
This paper deals with the derivation of logistic model for cattle, sheep and goats in a commercial ranching system in Machakos District, Kenya, a savannah ecosystem with average annual rainfall of 589.3 159.3mm and an ...
Screening of some Kenyan Medicinal Plants for Antibacterial Activity
(2006)
This study reports on the bioactivity and in vitro
antimicrobial action of methanol extract of Withania
somnifera using in vitro cultures of Staphylococcus
aureus,Escherichiacoli,Candidaalbicans,Salmonella
typhimurium ...
Genetic diversity and phylogeography of cassava mosaic viruses in Kenya
(2006)
Cassava is a major factor in food security across sub-Saharan Africa. However, the crop is
susceptible to losses due to biotic stresses, in particular to viruses of the genus Begomovirus
(family Geminiviridae) that cause ...
The effect of farmyard manure and calcium ammonium nitrate on vegetative growth, leaf yield and nutritive quality of Cleome gynadra (Cat Whiskers) in Keiyo District, Rift Valley Province
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
African leafy vegetables (ALVs), which have been neglected by policy makers, researchers, extension workers and farmers, are receiving renewed interest as a possible intervention to food insecurity and malnutrition among ...