Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 11
The breaking strength and resistance to abrasion of some casting bandages
(1993)
Five plaster and one fiberglass casting bandages available on the Kenyan market
were evaluated for breaking strength and resistance to abrasion. Under the test
conditions, scotchcast was found to be 2.6 times stronger ...
Atypical (cutaneous) Actinobacillosis in cattle: Clinical observations, diagnosis and treatment in eighteen cases. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in AfrClinical observations, diagnosis and treatment in eighteen cases.
(1989)
Open wound healing following dehorning using a wire saw was observed in 25 cattle aged between 1 and 5 years. Initially, there was a marked thickening of the scab over the wound as a ridge near the skin margin. A pale ...
Non-fracture lameness in cattle; A retrospective study
(1991)
Out of 3,278 bovine cases seen and treated at the large animal Clinic, University of Nairobi (LAC-UON), 549 (16.74%) had non-fracture lameness (NFL). Foot lameness contributed to 65% of the NFL and the commonest cause of ...
An outbreak of urticarial form of swine erysipelas in a medium-scale piggery in Kiambu District, Kenya
(1998)
This report concerns an outbreak that occurred during July/August 1997. Ten pigs from a herd of 181 pigs in a medium-scale, semi-closed piggery in Kiambu District, Kenya, contracted the clinical disease. The main clinical ...
Necrosis and sloughing of skin associated with limb cellulitis in four cows and a calf: predisposing causes, treatment and prognosis
(1991)
Four cows and a calf with non-suppurative limb cellulitis were
observed subsequently to suffer skin necrosis and sloughing in the
affected limbs, either on or distal to the metacarpus or metatarsus.
In comparison with ...
Factors used to predict prognosis and economic outcome of surgery for advanced bovine ocular squamous cell carcinoma
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
Seventeen cows of various breeds with varying degrees of severity of advanced ocular squamous cell carcinoma were treated by radical surgery, which included enucleation and extirpation of the surrounding ocular muscles and ...
Resistance to abrasion of plaster casting bandages available in Kenya.
(1993)
Five plaster of Paris casting bandages including Nairobi Enterprises, Salvagyps,
Helm, Plasrun-gyps and Veronese, available on the Kenyan market were evaluated
based on their resistance to abrasion. The mean loss in mass ...
Clinical evaluation of casting bandages available in Kenya
(1994)
The ease of cast breakage, the extent of cast wearing at the foot, the ability to bear weight on the cast limb, athe severity of lameness and cast related complications were compared clinically in three groups of six calves ...
Effect of location on severity and prognosis of limb cellulitis in cows
(1990)
Five plasters and one fiberglass casting bandages available on the Kenyan market were evaluated for breaking strength and resistance to abrasion. Under the test conditions, scotch cast was found to be 2.6 times stronger ...
Mechanical strength of plaster casting bandages available in Kenya.
(1983)
Five plaster of Paris casting bandages including Nairobi Enterprises, Salvagyps,
Helm, Plasrun-gyps and Veronese, available on the Kenyan market were evaluated
based on breaking strength. Helm plaster of Paris had a ...