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Khat: A Boon or Bane to Humanity
(2010)
Khat, an evergreen shrub habitually ingested for its euphoric and
stimulatory effects, is grown mainly in eastern Africa and south-western
Arabia. Its consumption has, for a long time, been restricted to areas
close to ...
Assessing the productivity of indigenous chickens in an extensive management system in southern Nyanza, Kenya
(Springer, 2010)
The present study was conducted to assess the performance of indigenous chickens under exten¬sive system in southern Nyanza, Kenya. The study was carried out in two phases in Komolorume and Kawere villages in Rongo and ...
Causes of calf mortality in peri-urban area of Nairobi, Kenya
(2010)
The study reported data from 507 post-mortem records in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya. The records were from carcasses obtained ...
Long-term performance of electronic identification devices and model traceability system for cattle under pastoral production systems of Kenya.
(2010)
The readability of two different types of electronic identifiers (EID) were evaluated under pastoral
production system in North-Eastern Kenya. Physical verification and reading was done at day 0, and 1, 2,
4, 8 and 12 ...
Trajectories of Evolution and Extinction in the Swedish Cattle Breeds
(Gesellschaft für Tierzuchtwissenschaften e. V., 2010)
An assessment of the current status and possible future dynamics of the domestic animal species is a critical step in the management of Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR). Permanent extinction of livestock breeds is considered ...
Estimating seroprevalence and variation to four tick-borne infections and determination of associated risk factors in cattle under traditional mixed farming system in Mbeere District, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2010)
A cross-sectional study of serum antibody responses of cattle to tick-borne disease (TBD)
parasites (Theileria parva, Theileria mutans, Anaplasma marginale and Babesia bigemina) was conducted on traditional smallholder ...
Screening of some Kenyan Medicinal Plants for Antibacterial Activity.
(2010)
Eleven medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Machakos and Kitui District were screened, namely:
Ajuga remota Benth, Aloe secundijlora Engl, Amaranthus hybridus L, Cassia didymobotrya Fes, Croton
macrostachyus ...
Introgression of stay-green trait into a Kenyan farmer prefered sorghum variety
(2010)
Backcross breeding enables breeders to transfer a desired trait from a Genetic Improvement of Kenyan sorghum variety for drought resistance donor parent, into the favoured genetic background of a recurrent parent. This ...
Institutional and organisational requirements for implementing the Livestock Identification and Traceability System in Kenya.
(2010)
Livestock Identification and Traceability Systems (LITS) contribute to reduction, control or eliminated
safety scares that result from transbounadry diseases outbreaks. Recent studies on LITS in Kenya have
been focused ...
Crop–Livestock–Waste Interactions in Nakuru’s Urban Agriculture
(International Potato Center,, 2010)
As a complement to the research in Nairobi presented in the previous chapter, which
mapped materials and market flows of nutrients in Kenya’s capital city, this chapter
presents a more in-depth picture of sources and ...