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Abong
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
Survival of Holstein-Friesian heifers on commercial dairy farms in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi., 2009)
Herd health and adaptability are of concern in dairy herds in the tropics because of persistent exposure to multiple stresses of low quality and quantity feeding, heat stress, high disease and parasitic incidences, poor ...
Preverlence Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis At Mewa Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
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Energy expenditure during level locomotion in large desert ungulates: the one‐humped camel and the domestic donkey
(University of Nairobi, 2009-01)
This study sought to quantify the rate of energy expenditure (), the total cost of transport (COTtot) and the net cost of transport (COTnet) in camels Camelus dromedaries and donkeys Equus asinus during level locomotion. ...
Accountability of experts in the Danish national park process
(University of Nairobi., 2009)
In 2002 the Danish Minister of Environment initiated a process to investigate the possibilities of establishing national parks in Denmark. For this purpose experts were mobilised to investigate the status and potentials ...
Nutrient cycles in three African cities.
(2009)
This paper summarizes and discusses the findings of the study on nutrient cycles in urban agriculture in three cities: Nairobi and Nakuru in Kenya, and Yaoundé in Cameroon. These studies indicate the scale of nutrient ...
Neither Fast, Nor Easy: He Prospect of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Ghana
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
On the basis of a detailed case study of the High Forest Zone of Ghana, the paper challenges the common narrative of REDD as being fast and easy. The paper analyses proximate and underlying causes of deforestation and ...
Intussusceptive angiogenesis and its role in vascular morphogenesis, patterning, and remodeling
(Springer Netherlands, 2009)
New blood vessels arise initially as blood islands in the process known as vasculogenesis or as new capillary segments produced through angiogenesis. Angiogenesis itself encompasses two broad processes, namely sprouting ...
Babesia gibsoni: identification, expression, localization, and serological characterization of a Babesia gibsoni 22-kDa protein
(2009)
Babesia gibsoni causes canine babesiosis. Here, we describe the identification and characterization of a novel gene, BgP22, containing an open reading frame of 621bp and encoding a 22-kDa protein from B. gibsoni, as a ...