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Use Of CROPWAT Model To Predict Water Use In Irrigated Tomato Production At Kabete, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Healthy Moms, a randomized trial to promote and evaluate weight maintenance among obese pregnant women: Study design and rationale
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)
Background
Obesity and excessive weight gain during pregnancy are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Observational studies suggest that minimal or no gestational weight gain (GWG) may minimize the risk of adverse ...
Survey of bacterial and parasitic organisms causing disease and lowered production in indigenous chickens in Southern Nyanza, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
A cross-sectional study was carried out to identify bacteria and parasites that caused disease and lowered productivity in indigenous chickens in Rachuonyo and Migori districts in Southern Nyanza, Kenya. A total of 21 ...
Baseline Study on Medicinal Plants: Olooseos Community Centre, Kajiado District.
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)
Social status predicts wound healing in wild baboons
(2012)
Social status can have striking effects on health in humans and other animals, but the causes often are unknown. In male vertebrates, status-related differences in health may be influenced by correlates of male social ...
Capacity building: benchmark for production of meat with low levels of bacterial contamination in local slaughterhouses in Somaliland
(2012)
The objective of the study was to investigate and assess the impact of trainings on the levels of meat contamination produced from local livestock slaughter facilities in the North-West region of Somalia (Somaliland). The ...
Psychosexual problems associated with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
A new species of sucking louse (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae) from Gunther's dikdik (Madoqua guentheri) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Linognathus samburi n. sp. is described from adult male and female specimens collected from a juvenile female Günther's dikdik (Madoqua guentheri) live-trapped near Olturot Village, Samburu district (Rift Valley Province) ...
Rh proteins and NH4+-activated Na+-ATPase in the Magadi tilapia (Alcolapia grahami), a 100% ureotelic teleost fish
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08)
The small cichlid fish Alcolapia grahami lives in Lake Magadi, Kenya, one of the most extreme aquatic environments on Earth (pH ~10, carbonate alkalinity ~300 mequiv l−1). The Magadi tilapia is the only 100% ureotelic ...