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Indicators Of Poor Welfare In Dairy Cows Within Smallholder Zero-grazing Units In The Peri-urban Areas Of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Exploring farmer preferences for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination: A case study of Narok District of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important disease in most of sub-Saharan Africa. A conjoint analysis and ordered probit regression models were used to measure the preferences of farmers for CBPP ...
Health in perspective: framing motivational factors for personal sanitation in urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya, using anchored best–worst scaling
(2013)
Severe health, safety and environmental hazards are being created by the growing population of urban poor in low-income countries due to lack of access to sanitation and to inadequate existing sanitation systems. We developed ...
Farmer-Friendly Strategies Of Managing Weeds In Carrot (Daucus Carota L.) Production
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Weed control constitutes one of the main cost items in carrot production. The current study was conducted at the field station farm, University of Nairobi in 2011 with the aim of developing a cost-effective strategy of ...
Comparison Of Economic Impact Of Alternative Constraint Control Measures In Indigenous Chicken Production In Nyanza Province, Kenya
(2013)
This study compared the costs and benefits of six alternative control measures on the indigenous chicken productivity constraints with an aim of identifying the most desirable mitigation measure; for improved productivity ...
Development and Remodeling of the Vertebrate Blood-Gas Barrier
(BioMed Research International, 2013)
During vertebrate development, the lung inaugurates as an endodermal bud from the primitive foregut. Dichotomous subdivision of the bud results in arborizing airways that form the prospective gas exchanging chambers, where ...
Productivity of farmer-preferred maize varieties intercropped with beans in semi-arid Kenya
(2013)
Farmers in the semi-arid regions grow drought tolerant maize varieties and practice maize-legume intercropping. A study was conducted in Machakos, Mwea and Waruhiu in 2008 short rains and 2009 long rains to determine the ...
Modelling of a locally fabricated flat-plate solar milk pasteuriser using artificial neural network
(2013)
The objective of this work was to develop an artificial neural network model to predict milk temperature
of a locally fabricated solar milk pasteuriser, based on measures of error deviation from experimental
data. A ...
Analgesic activity of aqueous extract of Vernonia hymenolepis (A. Rich) a traditional medicine plant used in Kenya for toothache
(University Of Nairobi, 2013)
The main aim of the study was to ascertain the analgesic properties of Vernonia hymenolepis leaves to validate its use for the treatment of toothache. The plant is widely used as a traditional herb by communities in Trans ...
A Survey on Adoption of Lean Manufacturing Tools and Techniques in Sugar Processing Industries in Kenya
(2013)
The study sought to examine the extent to which lean manufacturing tools and techniques are adopted by sugar
processing industries in Kenya and their impact on factory time efficiency. The study was a survey covering ...