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Chicken parasites and local treatments used against them in Mbeere District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Poultry is the most kept livestock and almost every household in villages has about 5-20 indigenous chicken reared under free range management system. Seventeen (17) farmers in Mbeere District, Kenya were interviewed using ...
Resistance to benzimidazoles and levamisole in nematode parasites of sheep in Nyandarua District of Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1998)
The occurrence of anthelmintic resistance on 25 sheep farms in the Nyandarua District of Kenya was investigated, using the faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT), the egg hatch assay (EHA) and a larval development assay ...
Participatory risk assessment Peste des petit ruminants: Factor analysis of small ruminants’ pastoral management practices in Turkana district, Kenya
(1998)
Need an introduction on why define risk- eg new disease,risk factors not defined)This research
established the risk factors associated with PPR spread in Turkana district. The study, a participatory risk
assessment looked ...
Detection of peste des petits ruminants virus in formalin-fixed tissues.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Peste des petits ruminants virus that causes a highly infectious and often fatal disease of sheep and goats is confirmed by various diagnostic techniques among them being isolation of the virus from cell culture systems, ...
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, ...
The effects of anthelmintic treatments against gastrointestinal nematodes on the performance of breeding ewes and lambs on pasture in semi-arid Kenya
(2008)
The effects of anthelmintics treatments in controlling gastrointestinal nematodes in
breeding ewes in a semi-arid area of Kenya were determined. The study carried out
during two breeding seasons, between June 2000 and ...
Long-term performance of electronic identification devices and model traceability system for cattle under pastoral production systems of Kenya.
(2010)
The readability of two different types of electronic identifiers (EID) were evaluated under pastoral
production system in North-Eastern Kenya. Physical verification and reading was done at day 0, and 1, 2,
4, 8 and 12 ...
Prevalence, intensity and spectrum of helminths of free range pigs in Homabay District, Kenya.
(2012)
A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence, intensity and spectrum of helminths of
free range pigs in Homabay District, Kenya. Faecal samples from 372 pigs were examined using the
modified McMaster ...
Institutional and organisational requirements for implementing the Livestock Identification and Traceability System in Kenya.
(2010)
Livestock Identification and Traceability Systems (LITS) contribute to reduction, control or eliminated
safety scares that result from transbounadry diseases outbreaks. Recent studies on LITS in Kenya have
been focused ...
Development, Survival and Availability of Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Sheep and Pastures in a Semi-arid Area of Kajiado District of Kenya
(2004-08)
A study was carried out on a ranch in the semi-arid area of Kajiado District in Kenya during the period July 2000 to June 2001 to determine the seasonal patterns of development and survival of gastrointestinal nematodes ...