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Institutional innovations for smallholder farmers' competitiveness in Africa
(2010)
In most sub-Saharan African economies, agriculture is the dominant sector and plays an essential
role in rural and overall economic development. Paradoxically, sub-Saharan Africa is the sole
region in the developing world ...
The prevalence of helminths, haemoparasites and ectoparasites in cattle in urban and peri-urban areas of Mwanza city, Tanzania
(2010)
Parasitism is among the causes of continuous ill-health and lowered productivity in livestock in Tanzania and sub-Saharan Africa as a whole. The present study was carried out at urban and pre-urban of Mwanza city in Tanzania ...
Prevalence of gastrointestinal protozoa and association with risk factors in free range pigs in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Testicular steroid hormone secretion in the boar and expression of testicular and epididymal steroid sulphatase and estrogen sulphotransferase activity
(University of Nairobi., 2010-04)
BACKGROUND:
Spermatogenesis and epididymal function depend on testicular steroids with estrogens being important regulatory factors. However, testicular estrogen secretion shows distinct species specificities, with the ...
Modifiable factors associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis in a Kenyan prison.
(University of Nairobi., 2010-02)
OBJECTIVES:
To establish modifiable factors associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among prisoners.
DESIGN:
Retrospective matched case-control study.
SETTING:
Nakuru GK prison in Kenya.
SUBJECTS:
A ...
Assessing the effectiveness of intubation as a challenge model in contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccine experiments
(University of Nairobi., 2010)
A study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of a bronchoscope in administering a pathogenic field strain of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (MmmSC) in cattle challenge experiments. Out of 16 animals inoculated ...
The challenges posed by Ipomoea kituensis and the grass-weed interaction in a reseeded semi-arid environment in Kenya
(2010)
Rehabilitation of denuded patches using perennial grasses has been used
extensively in semi-arid environments of Kenya. However, weeds
continue to pose an enormous challenge to the success of many
rehabilitation programmes. ...
Modeling the influence of existing feeding strategies on performance of grade dairy cattle in Vihiga, Kenya
(2010)
A modeling study was carried out on grade dairy cattle in four production systems in Vihiga District. The objective was to evaluate the effects of existing feeding strategies on performance of grade dairy cattle. Data for ...
Cattle production in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)