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Isolation Of Bacteriophage Infecting Haloalkaliphilic Bacteria In Lake Magadi, Kenya
(2013)
Samples of water were taken from Lake Magadi, a soda lake in the Rift Valley of Kenya. Bacteriophage lysate was prepared and stored in the dark at -4°C. Bacteria isolated using media for haloalkaliphiles and Aiba and Ogawa ...
Potato virus Y (PVY) and potato virus X (PVX) resistance breeding in Kenya: applicability of conventional approaches
(2013)
Potato virus Y (PVX) and potato virus X (PVX) are among the most important viruses of the
potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crop worldwide. The use of virus resistant varieties is considered
the most effective and sustainable ...
Options for efficient utilisation of high fibre feed resources in low input ruminant production systems in a changing climate: A review
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
One of the major effects of climate change is disruption in normal weather patterns, especially an increase in long-term annual temperature, and more frequent and intense droughts and floods. These changes have impact on ...
Linking social and pathogen transmission networks using microbial genetics in giraffe (Giraffa cameJopardalis)
(British Ecological Society, 2013)
Although network analysis has drawn considerable attention as a promising tool for disease
ecology, empirical research has been hindered by limitations in detecting the occurrence
of pathogen transmission (who transmitted ...
Determinants Of Household Vulnerability To Food Insecurity: A Case Study Of Semi‐arid Districts In Malawi
(2013)
This paper looks at household vulnerability to food insecurity and its determinants in two semi-arid districts in Malawi. A randomly selected sample of 200 households was interviewed. The descriptive statistics revealed ...
Introgressing Striga Resistance from a Mapped Donor Source into a Rwandan Adapted Sorghum Variety
(2013)
Sorghum is the world’s fifth most important cereal, in terms of both production and area planted. Striga hermonthica is one of the major constraints of sorghum production globally and particularly so in Eastern Africa. ...
A Brief Review of Some Animal Pathogens Causing Miscarriages in Women
(2013)
Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis, Brucella canis and Brucella abortus, which normally infect various species of domestic animals, can infect humans through unpasteurized milk from infected animals or from contact with ...
Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths and anthelmintic resistance on small-scale farms in Gauteng Province, South Africa
(2013)
The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal helminths, to detect the presence of anthelmintic resistance in livestock from small-scale farms and to determine the level ...
Magnitudes and determinants of transaction costs in a group-based livestock breeding approach: the case of dairy goats in Eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08)
Exotic dairy goats have increasingly become important in alleviating poverty and combating hunger an
d mal
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nutrition in Kenya. Such goats were introduced in the eastern Kenyan highlands through a group
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based ...
Effect of Multi-Enzyme Mixtures on Performance and Nutrient Utilization in Broilers Fed Diets Containing Different Types of Cereals and Industrial By-Products
(2013)
The effect of 3 multi-enzyme mixtures (MEM), A, B and C, having equivalent phytase activities but with different activities of carbohydrases (except invertase) and protease on growth performance and nutrient utilization ...