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Prediction of second parity milk yield of Kenyan Holstein-Friesian dairy cows on first parity information using neural network system and multiple linear regression methods
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Artificial neural networks (ANN) have been used for prediction in many fields of knowledge and currently they have been used in agriculture field. The objective of this study was to investigate the usefulness of ANN in the ...
Canine distemper virus neutralization activity is low in human serum and it is sensitive to an amino acid substitution in the hemagglutinin protein
(Elsevier, 2015)
Serum was analyzed from 146 healthy adult volunteers in eastern Africa to evaluate measles virus (MV) and canine distemper virus (CDV) neutralizing antibody (nAb) prevalence and potency. MV plaque reduction neutralization ...
Diagnosis of Soil Nutrient Constraints in Small-Scale Groundnut (Arachis hyopaea L.) Production Systems of Western Kenya Using Infrared Spectroscopy
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Wise decision-making on resource allocation and intervention targeting for soil management cannot rely solely on trial and error methods and field observations used by small-scale farmers: cost-effective soil fertility ...
A blessing or a curse? Although a source of livelihood for dryland populations, goats are a threat to vegetation
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Recent Advances into Understanding Some Aspects of the Structure and Function of Mammalian and Avian Lungs
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Recent findings are reported about certain aspects of the structure and function of the mammalian and avian lungs that include (a) the architecture of the air capillaries (ACs) and the blood capillaries (BCs); (b) the ...
Genetic polymorphism of kappa-casein gene in indigenous Eastern Africa goat populations
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Indigenous goat breeds kept by majority of smallholder rural farmers in Eastern Africa are adapted to the local environment. These goats are critical for nutrition and income of their keepers. Milk production per doe is ...
Effects of Market Reforms on Irish Potato Price Volatility in Nyandarua District, Kenya
(2013)
This paper evaluates the effects of market reform policies on the volatility of Irish potato prices in Kenya through an analysis of a 20 year monthly time series data set from Nyandarua district using an autoregressive ...