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Participatory action research : the missing link to sustainable and effective intervention
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
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An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for livestock hydatidosis based on a partially purified thermo-stable antigen.
(1990)
A total of 227 livestock sera including: 68 sera from cattle (35 from cattle with hydatid cysts at post-mortem inspection and 33 from cattle with no hydatid cysts); 80 sera from sheep (25 with hydatid cysts and 55 without); ...
Effects of three nematode anthelmintic treatment regimes on flock performance of sheep and goats under extensive management in semi-arid Kenya
(1997)
A study was undertaken in a semi-arid area of Kenya between August 1991 and June 1993 to evaluate the effects of anthelmintic treatment using ivermectin before or during the rains, on performance of mixed sheep and goat ...
Development and survival of infective larvae of gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle on pasture in central Kenya
(1998)
On a series of pasture plots, 2 kg pats of bovine faeces containing known numbers of strongylid (Haemonchus, Cooperia, Oesophagostomum and Trichostrongylus) eggs were deposited at intervals of 4 weeks from July 1995 to ...
The Strategic Use Of Closantel And Albendazole In Controlling Naturally Acquired Gastrointestinal Nematodes Of Sheep In The Kenya Highlands
(University of Nairobi., 1997)
The strategic use of closantel, a narrow-spectrum salicylanilide anthelmintic against bloodsucking
helminths, and of albendazole, a broad-spectrum benzimidazole anthelmintic, in the control of
gastrointestinal nematodes ...
Serological survey of leptospiral antibodies in cattle, sheep and goats in Nyandarua district of Kenya
(1994)
Leptospirosis is a common zoonotic disease of a world-wide importance. It causes economic loss to livestock industry from abortions, stillbirths, deaths, decreased milk production and infertility, The Leptospira organisms ...
Hypobiosis of Haemonchus contortus in natural infections of sheep and goats in a semi-arid area of Kenya
(1998)
A total of 42 lambs, 42 kids, 21 ewes and 21 does were necropsied during an investigation of the epidemiology of Haemonchus contortus infection of sheep (Red Maasai) and goats (Small East African Goat) in a semi-arid area ...
Hydatid disease in the Turkana District of Kenya, VII: analysis of the infection pressure between definitive and intermediate hosts of Echinococcus granulosus, 1979-1988.
(1990)
The rate of acquisition of Echinococcus granulosus and other taeniids was examined in dogs treated with praziquantel(Droncit) in a pilot control scheme started in 1983 in north-western Turkana District of Kenya. An attempt ...