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Reconstructing the origin and dispersal patterns of village chickens across East Africa: insights from autosomal markers.
(University of Nairobi., 2013-05)
Unravelling the genetic history of any livestock species is central to understanding the origin, development and expansion of agricultural societies and economies. Domestic village chickens are widespread in Africa. Their ...
Chronic (90 days) toxicity of pyrethrum in Germ[an] Shepherd dogs.
(University of Nairobi, 1983)
Young German Shepherd dogs (6-12 months) were fed pyrethrum (10, 25, 50 or 100 mg/kg body weight) added to food for 90 days. At 100 mg/kg the pyrethrum was neurotoxic, progressively causing ataxia, clonic convulsions, and ...
Limitations to impact of fortified food
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
No abstract available
Accuracy of pastoralists' memory-based kinship assignment of Ankole cattle: a microsatellite DNA analysis.
(University of Nairobi., 2012-02)
This study aimed to estimate the level of relatedness within Ankole cattle herds using autosomal microsatellite markers and to assess the accuracy of relationship assignment based on farmers' memory. Eight cattle populations ...
The prevalence of trypanosomosis, helminthosis and tick-borne infections in agro-pastoral production system in Kenya
(2010)
A cross-sectional study was undertaken to assess prevalence of trypanosomosis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ECF and helminth infections and factors associated with them in Kajiado District, Kenya. Purposive and random selection ...
Alternative laboratory methods for diagnosis of babesia carrier animals
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
No abstract available
Genetic and morphological characterisation of the Ankole Longhorn cattle in the African Great Lakes region.
(University of Nairobi., 2008-09)
The study investigated the population structure, diversity and differentiation of almost all of the ecotypes representing the African Ankole Longhorn cattle breed on the basis of morphometric (shape and size), genotypic ...