Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 38
The animal reservoir of cutaneous leishmaniasis on Mount Elgon, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
An account is given of an investigation of the animal reservoir of cutaneous leishmaniasis [caused by Leishmania tropica] on Mt. Elgon, Kenya [cf. RAE/B 59, 1883], where the infection is transmitted by Phlebotomus pedifer ...
Protozoa and the decline of Rhizobiurn populations added to soil
(1975)
A fall in Rhizobium abundance occurred in nonsterile soil inoculated with large numbers of the root-nodule bacteria but many of the rhizobia still survirved. No such decline was evident in sterile soil. Protozoa feeding ...
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 ...
Histopathology of skin lesions in Uasin Gishu skin disease of horses.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Histological study of the lesions from seven naturally occurring cases of Uasin Gishu skin disease showed changes similar to those described originally in 1934 for this disease, and later for the lesions caused by vaccinia ...
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 occurrence in Kenya of a maize leaf blight caused by Phyllosticta maydis [Fungus diseases]
(University Of Nairobi, 1975-02)
Functional properties of hemoglobins in the teleost Tilapia grahami
(Springer-Verlag, 1975)
The oxygen binding properties ofTilapia grahami hemoglobins have been investigated. The whole blood hemolysate possesses at 35°C a high oxygen affinity (P 50∼ 4.0 mmHg). The O2Hb equilibrium is moderately affected by the ...
The ovary of Günther's dik-dik, Madoqua guentheri Thomas
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
The ovaries of five Günther's dik-dik were investigated using histological techniques. The structure of the ovary and corpus luteum as well as the growth and atresia of the follicles are described.