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Process engineering and energy conservation in Kenyan food processing industry
(1990)
Kenya relies heavily on imported energy, particularly oil, for her economic activity. There
is a need to adopt energy conservation mea8ure8 in order to improve the balance of payments situation: Implementation of these ...
Surgical conditions of the urinary tract in cattle
(1990)
Diseases of the urinary system necessitating surgery are not commonly encountered other than those procedures associated with urinary calculi or occurring as a result. of traumatic injuries. The effect of surgery on the ...
Solar refrigeration for Kenyan rural Communities
(1990)
Availability of wholesome food products insufficient quantities is
a prerequisite for a healthy, productive human population.
Refrigeration of perishable foods isoneway of achieving this end.
The use of solar powered ...
Comparison of human immune responses to purified vero cell and human diploid cell rabies vaccines by using two different antibody titration methods
(1990)
Antibody responses to a conventional rabies preexposure regimen of a new purified Vero cell rabies vaccine (PVRV) and a human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV) were compared in 80 healthy Kenyan veterinary students. Forty-three ...
The effects of age on the erythrocyte sodium and potassium concentrations of dairy cows during late pregnancy and early lactation
(University of Nairobi., 1990)
Blood samples were taken at weekly intervals from 54 dairy cows (mainly Friesians and Jerseys) during the periods 8 weeks before and 8 weeks after calving. The cows were divided into two age groups; group 1 consisting of ...
Cryopreservation of Boar Semen in Mini- and Maxi-Straws
(1990)
Split ejaculates from four boars were frozen with a programmable freezing machine, in mini- (0. 25 ml) and maxi- (5 ml) plastic straws with an extender at either acidic (6. 3) or alkaline (7. 4) pH. Glycerol (3%) was used ...
Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacteria implicated in bovine mastitis and some canine infections.
(University of Nairobi,, 1990)
A total of 2080 bovine milk samples, and 775 canine wound and sputum samples were analysed to assess susceptibilities of bacterial isolates to 5 antibiotics commonly used in the area served by the Ambulatory Services of ...
Microbial enrichment and detoxification of coffee pulp for use as animal feed ingredient in Kenya.
(1990)
Culture derived from "ensiled" coffee pulp (CP) was most efficient in growth and acidification of CP. All the microorganisms tested grew in CP broth, but exhibited different degrees of autolysis during fermentation. ...
Inheritance of some morphological traits in grain amaranthus
(University of Nairobi, 1990-03)
Intraspecific crosses involving five cultivars of Amaranthus hypochondriacus and two from A. caudatus were studied to investigate the inheritance of five morphological traits (seed coat colour, inflorescence colour, seedling ...
Eimeria apsheronica in the goat: endogenous development and host cellular response.
(University of Nairobi., 1990-08)
Most first generation schizonts of Eimeria apsheronica developed in the jejunum; others were distributed throughout the small intestine and occasionally in the caecum. Some were also found in the mesenteric lymph nodes, ...