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The animal reservoir of cutaneous leishmaniasis on Mount Elgon, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
An account is given of an investigation of the animal reservoir of cutaneous leishmaniasis [caused by Leishmania tropica] on Mt. Elgon, Kenya [cf. RAE/B 59, 1883], where the infection is transmitted by Phlebotomus pedifer ...
Protozoa and the decline of Rhizobiurn populations added to soil
(1975)
A fall in Rhizobium abundance occurred in nonsterile soil inoculated with large numbers of the root-nodule bacteria but many of the rhizobia still survirved. No such decline was evident in sterile soil. Protozoa feeding ...
Duration of Brucella ovis infection in ewes.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Twenty Romney Marsh ewes, some 5 to 40 days pregnant, were inoculated with a strain of B. ovis onto the scarified mucous membrane of the vagina. Establishment of infection was ascertained by recovery of the organisms from ...
Histopathology of skin lesions in Uasin Gishu skin disease of horses.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Histological study of the lesions from seven naturally occurring cases of Uasin Gishu skin disease showed changes similar to those described originally in 1934 for this disease, and later for the lesions caused by vaccinia ...
Phlebotomus fauna in the cutaneous leishmaniasis focus of Mt. Elgon, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
The Phlebotomine fauna in dwellings and in the field was investigated in an area with a radius of 3 miles in an established focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis [caused by Leishmania tropica] on the eastern slopes of Mt. Elgon ...
The ovary of Günther's dik-dik, Madoqua guentheri Thomas
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
The ovaries of five Günther's dik-dik were investigated using histological techniques. The structure of the ovary and corpus luteum as well as the growth and atresia of the follicles are described.
Development of cercaria in Fasciola gigantica.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
The rediae and cercariae of Fasciola gigantica in experimentally infected snails are illustrated and described. Two generations of cercariae are said to be produced.
Mixed cropping research at Kabete
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
In field trials in 1972-4, maize cv. Katumani Composite B in the short rainy season and Hybrid 511 in the long rainy season were grown in pure stands or in mixture with potatoes or with beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) cv. ...
Relationship of maize yields to seasonal water balance at the Katumani Experimental Station
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Data for 10 years cultivation of rain-fed maize showed that crops failed when rainfall was equivalent to <54% of potential evapotranspiration and that with rainfall equivalent to >62%, grain yield was not related to available ...
Land use and soil erosion in part of Kalama location, Machakos District
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Changes in the topography of the area were studied by comparison of aerial photographs taken in 1948 and 1972 and it was shown that although gully lengths have changed very little, widths have increased in some areas by ...