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Ducks in rural and semi-urban poultry production.
(2003)
Poultry are majority livestock in Kenya. At 71, 000, the duck population is a small but it contributes significantly to the smallholder economy in the semi-urban and some rural areas. They however, are sizable number among ...
Restraint of domestic, laboratory and wild animals:A Manual for Veterinary Students, Practitioners and Animal Handlers
(University of Nairobi Press, 2003)
What is covered in this manual is the basics of the art and science of the physical and chemical restraint of domestic, wild and laboratory animals. Senior veterinary students, veterinary practitioners, game wardens and ...
Dynamics of potato late blight on tubers and farmers' management of the disease in Kenya highlands.
(2003)
From 1998 to 2001, field experiments were conducted in New York, USA, and Kenya to study the relationship between foliage late blight control and tuber infection in the control of tuber blight (Phytophthora infestans). ...
Dietary composition of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) kongoni (Alcephalus buselaphus) and cattle (Bos indicus), grazing on a common ranch in south-central Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2003-03-14)
This paper gives the results of a study conducted at Game Ranching Ltd, situated at the Athi Kapiti Plains, Kenya, to determine the dietary composition of cattle (Bos indicus L), kongoni (Alcephalus buselaphus Pallas) and ...
Development of and Policy on the Range and Pastoral Industry with Special Reference to Kenya
(2003)
“Rangeland” or simply “range” is, by
definition, “inferior” land by reason of physical
and socio-economic limitations such as low
rainfall, high temperatures, poor soils, and long
distances from market outlets and ...
Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Objective: To determine the impact of vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity and nutritional status.
Design: A community based follow-up (interventional) in nature.
Setting: Two randomly selected Weredas (districts) ...
Groundwater salinlty and depth effects on soil salinlty in a furrow lrirrigated area in Kenya
(2003)
The effect of groundwater salinity and depth on soil salinity was investigated in a furrowirrigated
area of Kenya dqring consecutive wet and dry seasons. The groundwater salinity was
significantly (P < 0.05, R2 = O.75-O.88) ...
Volume of the ligamentum capitis femoris in osteoarthritic hip joints of adult dogs
(2003)
Ventrodorsal pelvic radiographs were made of 32 adult dogs under general anaesthesia. The hip joints were evaluated according to the severity of osteoarthritic changes graded as 0,1,2 or 3. The dogs were euthanased, the ...
Expression of plastid-encoded photosynthetic genes during chloroplast or chromoplast differentiation in Cucurbitae pepo L. fruits
(University of Nairobi, 2003-12)
The objective of the study was to determine the patterns of expression of two photosynthetic genes rbcL and psbA, during chloroplast and chromoplast differentiation in fruit tissues of three Cucurbitae pepo L. cultivars: ...
Effect of Balanites glabra canopy cover on grass production, organic matter and soil moisture in a southern Kenyan rangeland
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
A study was undertaken in Kenya's southern savanna rangelands
to determine the seasonal effect of Balanites glabra
canopy cover on above ground grass biomass, grass species composition,
soil organic matter and soil ...