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Prevalence of laminitis and the patterns of claw lesions in dairy cows in Nairobi and the peri-urban districts
(2009)
Prospective study was carried out to determine the characteristics of claw lesions in
dairy cattle in Nairobi and the peri-urban districts between December 2005 and May
2006. The gaits of 300 dairy cows in 29 zero-grazed ...
A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis In Northern Turkana District, Kenya
(2009)
Bovine cysticercosis is a zoonosis that is mainly of socioeconomic ,H1(1 public health impor, ranee. A survey of this disease was.carried ou t in Northern Turkana District, Kenya to estimate the prevalence through both ...
Characteristics of the smallholder free-range pig production system in western Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production
(2009-11)
Free-range pig farming is common amongst the small-scale farmers in western Kenya. In
order to determine the characteristics of this type of production system, a cross-sectional
questionnaire survey on farm characteristics ...
Muscle “islands” in the tunica media of the goat thoracic aorta
(2009)
Muscle islands in tunica media of the aorta may influence its mechanical properties and disease distribution. This
study aimed to elucidate their, hitherto undescribed, characteristics in the goat thoracic aorta. Twenty ...
Seroprevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum infection of dairy cows in three northern provinces of Thailand determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant antigen CpP23
(2009)
Cryptosporidium parvum is the most frequent parasitic agent that causes diarrhoea in AIDS patients in Thailand. Cryptosporidiosis outbreaks in humans may be attributed to contamination of their drinking water from infected ...
Genetic Characterisation Of Food Borne Bacillus Cereus Strains From Milk, Cheese And Rice By Multiplex PCR Assay. International Journal Of Integrative Biology,5(2):82-86
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
This study characterises enterotoxin genes including nheA, nheB, nheC, hblA, hblC, hblD, entFM, cytK, bceT, and ess in 51 Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) strains isolated from pasteurized milk, processed cheese and cooked rice. ...
Geohelminth Infections among pregnant women in rural western Kenya; a cross-sectional study.
(University of Nairobi., 2009)
BACKGROUND:
Geohelminth infections are common in rural western Kenya, but risk factors and effects among pregnant women are not clear.
METHODOLOGY:
During a community-based cross-sectional survey, pregnant women were ...
Effect of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum on growth of tissue-cultured banana plants
(2009)
Endophytes which are mutualistic symbiots living asymptomatically within plant tissues have been reported to have beneficial effects on plant growth. In bananas a wide diversity of endophytic fungi have been isolated from ...
Biosafety education relevant to genetically engineered crops for academic and non-academic stakeholders in East Africa
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
Development and deployment of genetically engineered crops requires effective environmental and food safety assessment capacity. In-country expertise is needed to make locally appropriate decisions. In April 2007, biosafety ...