Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 180
The thickness of avian blood-gas barrier: qualitative and quantitative observations.
(1982)
Gas exchange in the avian lung takes place across a blood-gas barrier formed, as
in other air-breathing vertebrates, by three essential components, an epithelial cell,
a basal lamina, and an endothelial cell. The thickness ...
The morphology of the lung of the black mamba Dendroaspis polylepis (Reptilia: Ophidia: Elapidae). A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study
(1989)
The lung of a snake, the black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), has been investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. This species has only one lung, the right, which is long and occupies most of the ...
The morphology of the lung of the black mamba Dendroaspis polylepis (Reptilia: Ophidia: Elapidae). A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study
(1989)
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) belongs to the family Elapidae that also
includes the cobras, kraits and coral snakes. Generally, these snakes are extremely
venomous and occur in the warmer parts of the world ...
Factors affecting mortality in free ranging Small East African goats. MSc thesis, University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 1987)
The causes, levels and factors affecting mortality of the Small East African goat on a semi- arid thornbush savannah, at Isiolo, were determined.
A total of 40 deaths of immatures and adults were were used to determine ...
Improved clinical approach to the diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1987)
During a 20-month period canine ehrlichiosis was the most frequently diagnosed disease at the Nairobi University small animal clinic; 750 cases were identified in dogs within a 25-km radius of Nairobi (8% of all cases). ...
A comparison of the efficacy of imidocarb dipropionate and tetracycline hydrochloride in the treatment of canine ehrlichiosis
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1980)
At the University of Nairobi small animal clinic, 5-7 mg/kg imidocarb dipropionate given i/m twice at an interval of 14 days was as effective as 14 daily, oral doses of 66 mg/kg tetracycline hydrochloride in alleviating ...
Nutrient contents of cured potatoes from kenyan highland varieties
(1987)
Cured potatoes from nine Kenyan highland varieties were analysed for proximate composition, ascorbic acid and the minerals sodium, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Considerable variations between varieties were observed ...
Effects of the interaction of two levels of the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae Scopoli (Homoptera: Aphididae), and four stages of plant growth and development on the performance of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L., under greenhouse conditions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Damage caused by the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae Scopoli, on the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L., was severest when the aphids were transferred onto bean plants during the preflowering stage. There were significant ...
Nutritive value of reconstituted sorghum grains for weanling pigs
(American Society of Animal Science, 1984)
Grains from a high and low tannin sorghum
were reconstituted by adding distilled water at
a 30% level (w/w) and stored for 20 d at 25 C
with an acetic-propionic acid mixture added to
deter fungal growth. Another batch ...
Acid strength at clay mineral surfaces
(1986)
The interactions of ,{1 3+ -montmorillonite, Na+ - montmorillonite and
Na+ -kaolinite with selected Hammett indicators have been reinvestigated.
The use of a series of indicators with different acid strengths, Ho,
to ...