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Management of bovine papillomatosis using an Autogenous Vaccine: A case study in Bukura Agricultural College, Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
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Clinical Observations On Cattle Rabies In Kiambu District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Isolation and characterization of group B streptococci from human and bovine sources within and around Nairobi.
(1997)
Group B streptococci (GBS) were isolated from bovine milk and from vaginas and throats of antenatal and postnatal women using TKT and rapid GBS media. Sixty-three of 529 (12%) bovine bulk milk samples, 9 of 48 (19%) vaginal ...
Renal excretion of urea in a small east African antelope, the dik-dik (Rhynchotragus kirkii)
(1988)
1. A study on the renal handling of urea by the dik-dik antelope (Rhynchotragus kirkii) was conducted. 2. Plasma and urine samples were analysed for osmolality, urea and creatinine concentrations during dehydration and ...
Urea excretion as a strategy for survival in a fish living in a very alkaline environment.
(Nature Publishing Group, 1989-01)
Ammonia is toxic to all vertebrates. It can be converted to the less toxic urea, but this is a metabolically expensive process found only in terrestrial vertebrates that cannot readily excrete ammonia and marine fish that ...
Energetic cost of carrying loads: have African women discovered an economic way?
(Nature Publishing Group, 1986-02)
When travelling in East Africa one is often surprised at the prodigious loads carried by the women of the area. It is not uncommon to see women of the Luo tribe carrying loads equivalent to 70% of their body mass balanced ...
Thermoregulation and heat balance in the dik-dik antelope (Rhynchotragus kirki): a field and laboratory study.
(Elsevier Science Ltd, 1985)
xperiments were conducted in the field to study the physiological responses of dik-dik antelope to direct solar radiation and shade. The results were compared to those obtained in the laboratory. The rates of metabolic ...
Design of the mammalian respiratory system. IX. Functional and structural limits for oxygen flow.
(1981-04)
This paper presents the synthesis and interpretation of a series of correlated studies of the mammalian respiratory system--measurements of maximal rate of O2 consumption, the lung's diffusing capacity, the mitochondrial ...
Types of biological and nutritional degradations in ferralsol, lithosol and nitosol groups in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Microbiological safety and quality of dried cassava chips and flour sold in the Nairobi and coastal regions of Kenya
(2016)
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is rich in carbohydrates and is the third most important source of calories, in the tropics. The handling and processing practices of cassava roots expose them to microbial contamination. ...