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Optimisation of breeding schemes for litter size, lambing interval, body weight and parasite resistance for sheep in Kenya
(2011)
The current study optimised breeding schemes for litter size (LS), lambing interval (LI), body weight (BW) and gastrointestinal parasite resistance for sheep in Kenya. Selection for the breeding goal traits was performed ...
Causes of calf mortality in peri-urban area of Nairobi, Kenya
(2010)
Abstract The study reported data from 507 post-mortem
records in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and
Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Nairobi, Kenya. The records were from carcasses ...
Release of three improved varieties for the expanded potato market in Kenya
(2012)
Current potato varieties have not fully met the market demands of the rapidly expanding Kenyan potato industry. Newer varieties with tolerance to the major diseases, higher yields, better storability and processing qualities ...
Occurrence of risk factors for zoonoses in kisumu city, kenya: a questionnaire survey
(2010-03)
Objective: To determine the occurrence of risk factors amongst farmers keeping livestock in Kisumu municipality, Kenya.
Methods: Thirty four contact house-holds involved in livestock keeping constituted the study group. ...
Acute, sub-chronic and chronic toxicity of Solanum incanum L in sheep in Kenya
(2011)
A study was carried out to determine the toxicity of unripe fruits of Solanum incanum L in sheep. The sheep were orally drenched with dried unripe fruits powder of S. incanum L at dose rates varying from 1,200mg to 3,600 ...
Determinants of adoption of conservation tillage practices in maize-cowpea cropping systems: The case of Makueni District, Kenya
(2011)
The low soil moisture cannot support productive agriculture to meet the increasing population in the
low rainfall tropical areas. Ripping and tied-ridging are some of the recent technologies introduced by
the Food and ...
Enhancing village chicken productivity through parasite management for effective newcastle disease vaccination in Kenya
(2010-09)
Newcastle disease (ND) is documented among the most important diseases of poultry in the world, causing devastating losses in both commercial and village chickens. It is capable of causing mortality rates of up to 100% of ...
Quality protein maize for the feed industry in Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2010)
Quality protein maize (QPM) has increased levels of lysine and tryptophan, limiting amino acids for monogastric animals, so its use in animal feed reduces the need for more expensive high-protein sources. The authors, ...
Mapping aflatoxin risk from milk consumption using biophysical and socio-economic data: a case study of Kenya
(2016)
This research reports a mapping of aflatoxin risk in the milk value chain in Kenya using a geographic information systems (GIS) approach. The objective was to spatially locate regions at risk by taking into account biophysical ...
Genetic diversity of Kenyan sorghum germ-plasm: Molecular diversity of Kenyan sorghum Germplasm using simple sequence repeats
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012-01)
Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench is the fifth most important cereal crop globally and in Africa, it is the second most important after Maize. In Kenya , Sorghum is an important food security crop mainly cultivated in semi-arid ...