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Duration of Brucella ovis infection in ewes.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Twenty Romney Marsh ewes, some 5 to 40 days pregnant, were inoculated with a strain of B. ovis onto the scarified mucous membrane of the vagina. Establishment of infection was ascertained by recovery of the organisms from ...
Leucocyte migration inhibition as a model for the demonstration of sensitized cells in East Coast fever
(University of Nairobi, 1974)
When bovine peripheral leucocytes were used in a migration inhibition test to detect sensitization to Theileria parva antigens, 76% of cattle that were exposed to T. parva antigens yielded sensitive cells. The reaction was ...
Uasin Gishu skin disease of horses in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Materials from 12 horses with a skin condition resembling "Uasin Gishu" skin disease were examined. Electron microscopic study revealed poxvirus from scab and biopsy preparations from 9 horses with typical skin lesions. ...
Control of sub-clinical mastitis by intramammary antibiotics infusion during lactation in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
Intramammary antibiotics therapy with 600 000 IU penicillin G sodium, 600 000 IU dihydrostreptomycin sulphate and 10 000 IU vitamin A palmitate, was studied in 3 dairy herds in the Kiambu district of Kenya. One herd consisted ...
The incidence of gamma-globulin and J antigen in sera of foetal calves from zebu cattle.
(University of Nairobi, 1973)
Fifty sera from zebu foetal calves were examined by sodium sulphite turbidity test, agar gel double diffusion, immunoelectrophoresis and radial immunodiffusion procedures for gamma-globulin, and by an inhibition test for ...
Effect of humoral antibodies on the course of Theileria parva infection (East Coast Fever) of cattle.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
A study was made of the effects of serum and gamma-globulins from vaccinated cattle (donor cattle) given to cattle exposed to Theileria parva infection. The latter were treated with normal serum, with serum containing high ...
Serological types of Pasteurella haemolytica in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
The 12 known serotypes of P. haemolytica and the two biotypes A and T were found to occur in Kenya. Biotype T was more common in disease conditions than biotype A, which was more common in the nasal passages of healthy ...
The isolation of M nanum from a dog with skin lesions.
(University of Nairobi, 1974)
Microsporum nanum has been previously associated with ringworm in man and pigs. This is the first report of its isolation from lesions in a dog. Two alopecic lesions (1.5 cm in diameter) were present on the head; a similar ...
The incidence of bovine mastitis in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
Clinical mastitis was recorded in 294 of 3376 cows in 1971, 476 of 4744 in 1972 and 200 of 4595 in 1973. The California mastitis test was applied to 214 cows in 15 herds during 1972, and subclinical mastitis was detected ...