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Residual Effect of Mucuna pruriens Green manure Application Rate on Maize (Zea mays L.) Grain Yield
(2010)
Maize grain yield is constrained by inadequate supply of nitrogen caused by insufficient application
of fertilizers that are found to be costly and unaffordable in smallholder farming. Therefore there is need to
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Detection and Prevention of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Communities with High Poultry Disease Burdens
(American Association of Avian Pathologists, 2010)
The implementation of strategies to detect, prevent, and control highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in
developing countries presents several challenges, one of which is the presence of other diseases in poultry ...
Recycling Nutrients from OrganicWastes in Kenya’s Capital City
(International Potato Center,, 2010)
The question how much of the potential soil nutrients contained in urban wastes are
being used and what processes are involved led to this study in the early 2000s. The
issue is of central importance to understanding the ...
The challenges of rehabilitating denuded patches of a semi-arid environment in Kenya
(2010)
Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the habited semiarid lands. In Kenya, ...
Occurrence of risk factors for zoonoses in kisumu city, kenya: a questionnaire survey
(2010-03)
Objective: To determine the occurrence of risk factors amongst farmers keeping livestock in Kisumu municipality, Kenya.
Methods: Thirty four contact house-holds involved in livestock keeping constituted the study group. ...
Benefits and Selected Health Risks of Urban Dairy Production in Nakuru, Kenya
(International Potato Center,, 2010)
Health risks from food production in urban areas are attracting increased international
attention, especially in poor countries with rapid urbanization where urban
farming is widely practiced to mitigate hunger and poor ...
Prevalence of Newcastle disease virus in village indigenous chickens in varied agro-ecological zones in Kenya
(2010)
It was hypothesized that the agro-ecological zone in which village indigenous chickens were farmed
influenced the level of diseases occurrence. One hundred and forty four apparently healthy chickens
(71 from lower highland ...
Enhancing village chicken productivity through parasite management for effective newcastle disease vaccination in Kenya
(2010-09)
Newcastle disease (ND) is documented among the most important diseases of poultry in the world, causing devastating losses in both commercial and village chickens. It is capable of causing mortality rates of up to 100% of ...
Structural organisation of tunica intima in the aorta of the goat
(2010-08)
The structural organisation of tunica intima in the aorta is important for its
integrity, prediction, and diagnosis of atherosclerosis. The goat is a suitable
model for cardiovascular studies, but the structure of its ...
Design and development of an electronic identification and traceability system for cattle under pastoral production systems: A case for Kenya.
(2010)
Traceability systems offer strong incentives to livestock and meat exporting countries by altering their
productive and industrial processes in order to access premium meat markets globally. Kenya, whilst
acknowledged ...