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Blood respiratory properties in the naked mole rat Heterocephalus glaber, a mammal of low body temperature.
(1976-12)
Respiratory properties of whole blood and Hb solutions have been studied in Heterocephalus glaber, a fossorial rodent, having a low body temperature (30.0-32.0 degrees C) and poor thermoregulatory ability. For comparison ...
Research and Extension Results, Margarini Settlement Scheme Agronomy Programme - Long Rains 1978. Margarine Project Report.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
No abstract available
Stomach fermentation in East African Colobus monkeys in their natural state
(1974-04)
The microbial fermentation in the stomachs of two monkeys, Colobus polykomos, collected in Kenya, was studied. The gas accumulated within the stomach contained H(2) but no CH(4). Volatile fatty acid concentrations were ...
Renal function and electrolyte balance during dehydration in the hyrax
(University of Nairobi, 1976-09)
The rock hyrax has been shown to have a very unusual and complex digestive tract. The gastrointestinal tract is comparable to that of the simple and complex stomach of mammals as well as to that of birds. Determinations ...
Necropsy Report, 1970.
(University of Nairobi, 1971)
Post-mortem examinations were carried out on 442 domestic animals and 19 wild animals from a radius of approximately 80 km around Kabete, Kenya. The diseases and lesions observed are listed. Helminth infections recorded ...
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 dog as a reservoir of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1977)
Blood, spleen, liver and kidney of a domestic dog captured in Kacheliba, Rift Valley, Kenya, an area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis, were cultured in NNN diphasic medium. 7 days later the spleen culture contained ...
Visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya: the onset of an epidemic outbreak in the Machakos District of Kenya 1972-1977.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
In investigations on an outbreak of kala-azar [caused by Leishmania donovani] in Machakos District, Kenya, in 1972-77, the homesteads of patients found suffering with the disease were mapped out for epidemiological studies. ...