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Seroepidemiological survey of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1996)
A sero-epidemiological study of Taenia saginata cysticercosis was carried out to determine the prevalence and distribution of the infection in three provinces of Kenya. Serum samples and meat inspection records were collected ...
Urban Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality of Leafy Vegetables along the Value Chain: The Case of Nairobi Kale Consumers, Kenya
(2011)
Improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers. In
major urban centers there has been rapid expansion of the grocery sections selling variety of leafy vegetables ...
Awareness of Mobile Phone-Based Money Transfer Services in Agriculture by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
(2012-01)
Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialization
in developing countries. The ICT revolution in Africa has however brought an opportunity to ease
this ...
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) ...
Sclerotia Formation and Toxin Production in Large Sclerotial Aspergillus flavus Isolates from Kenya
(2016)
We studied the relationship between sclerotia formation and aflatoxin production by Aspergillusflavus strains isolated from maize kernels from Nandi County. Isolates recovered from maize kernels were tested for their ability ...
Infectivity, pseudorecombination and mutagenesis of Kenyan cassava mosaic begomoviruses
(2007)
Cloned DNA-A and DNA-B components of Kenyan isolates of East African cassava mosaic virus
(EACMV, EACMV-UG and EACMV-KE2), East African cassava mosaic Kenya virus (EACMKV)
and East African cassava mosaic Zanzibar virus ...
Cryptosporidium species detected in calves and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya
(2012)
A total of 1,734 cattle faecal samples from 296 dairy-keeping households were collected from urban settings in Nairobi, Kenya. Modified Ziehl–Neelsen staining method
and an immunofluorescence assay were used to identify ...
Survey of postharvest handling, preservation and processing practices along the camel milk chain in Isiolo district,Kenya
(2012)
Despite the important contribution of camel milk to food security for pastoralists in
Kenya, little is known about the postharvest handling, preservation and processing
practices. In this study, existing postharvest ...
Seroprevalence of Cysticercus cellulosae and associated risk factors in free-range pigs in Kenya
(Cambridge University Press 2010, 2010)
Porcine cysticercosis is an emerging zoonosis with public health and economic
importance. A cross-sectional study was undertaken to investigate the disease in
free-range pigs on 182 smallholder farms in Busia District, ...
Financial Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Tsetse Repellent In Bovine Trypanosomosis Control In Kenya
(2006)
A 12-month field trial was conducted in two tsetse-infested areas of Kenya. The objective was to evaluate
the effectiveness of a new tsetse repellent technology to control bovine trypanosomosis in smallholder
nomadic ...