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Erythrina abyssinica prevents meningoencephalitis in chronic Trypanosoma brucei brucei mouse model.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)
Human African trypanosomiasis is prevalent in Sub-sahara African countries that lie between 14° North and 29° south of the equator. Sixty million people are at risk of infection. Trypanosoma brucei gambesience occurs in ...
Measuring household vulnerability to climate-induced stresses in pastoral rangelands of Kenya: Implications for resilience programming.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This study uses statistical and econometric tools to measure households’ vulnerability in pastoral range lands of Kenya. It considered 27 socioeconomic and biophysical indicators obtained from 302 households’ in-depth ...
Pathogen Diversity in African Small Farming Systems for the Assessment of Food Security and the Improvement of African Agricultural Productivity
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01-13)
African smallholder farmers play a pivotal role in meeting the future food demand in view of the global population growth. Small farms (usually smaller than two hectares,) dominate African agricultural systems. The 'maize ...
Feeding Structures And Associated Organs In The Cichlid Fish, Oreochromis Esculentus (graham)
(2014-04-30)
Teeth anatomy and gut morphology are described in Oreochromis esculentus (Graham) and related to the food habits of the species based on existing information and diet and food utilization. Three rows of oral teeth of ...
Effects Of Method Of Planting And The Length And Types Of Cuttings On Yield And Some Yield Components Of Cassava (manihot Esculenta Crantz) Grown In The Forest Zone Of Ghana
(2014-04-30)
In two experiments carried out in 1970and 1971in the forest zone of Ghana, cuttings of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz cv. Ankra), with less than five nodes, produced lower yields per hectare and fewer and lighter tubers ...
Preliminary Studies On Zonation Of Strand Vegetation At Mombasa, Kenya, And A Comparison Of The Strand Vegetation Of West And East African Coasts
(2014-04-30)
A preliminary study has been made of the species composition and zonation pattern of strand vegetation on the Indian Ocean Coast at Mombasa, Kenya, in East Africa and the results have been compared with those on the Guinea ...
Canning quality of new advanced canning bean lines developed in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Laboratory testing of canning quality of new canning bean varieties destined for canning industry is of utmost importance and is widely accepted in bean breeding. The objective of this study was to evaluate canning quality ...
Tillage Effects on Selected Soil Physical Properties in a Maize-Bean Intercropping System in Mwala District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
A field study was carried out to evaluate the effects of tillage practices on soil physical properties in Mwala district, Eastern Kenya, during the long rains (LR) and short rains (SR) of 2012/13. The treatments were disc ...
Smallholder farmers’ use and profitability of legume inoculants in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-08)
Research on the use of Rhizobia inoculants has been conducted in Africa since 1950s. However, the technology
has not been widely applied by farmers on the continent. In Kenya, wide-scale adoption of this innovation ...
Detection of peste des petits ruminants virus in formalin-fixed tissues.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Peste des petits ruminants virus that causes a highly infectious and often fatal disease of sheep and goats is confirmed by various diagnostic techniques among them being isolation of the virus from cell culture systems, ...