Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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An intermediate technology development group publication
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Receptive field organisation and electrophysiological responses of spinal cord thermoreactive neurones in the rat
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Physiology, 1988)Receptive fields and electrophysiological responses of seventy-three thermoreactive neurones were studied. The receptive fields were 1 to 10 mm wide and 1 to 15 mm long, for the warm thermoreactive neurones and 5 to 15 mm ... -
Participatory action research : the missing link to sustainable and effective intervention
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The application of monoclonal antibodies in identification of a hydatid cyst antigen found in boiled sera from individuals with hydatid disease and its significance in Diagnosis of hydatid disease caused by E. granulosus in man
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A survey on the parasites of the swine and their prevalences over a ten year period
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An assessment of microbiological quality of borehole water in the suburbs of the city of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences,, 1991) -
Prevalence of Escherichia coli toxins and antibiotics resistance of Escherichia coli strains isolated from river water.
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The development of Schistosomiasis mansoni in an immulogically na
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Challenges to Veterinary Medicine in the next Millennium
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Schistosoma mansoni ova in urine of children from an endemic area of Kenya
(University of Nairobi,College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, 1998)Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 USA. Schistosoma mansoni is the most widespread of the human-infecting schistosomes, present in 54 countries, predominantly in Africa, but also ... -
Schistosoma rodhaini in Kenya revisited. Abstract presented at the Biodiversity of African Freshwater Snails
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The presence of Schistosoma rodhaini in Western Kenya, and its implication on the epidemiology of Schistoso
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An electron microscopic study of the chorioallantoic placenta and the subplacenta of the cane rat (Thryonomys Swinderianus Temminck)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, 1984)The ultrastructure of the cane rat chorio-allantoic placenta has been studied. In its thinnest regions the interhaemal membrane is composed of a single layer of syncytiotrophoblast, a common basal lamina, and the fetal ... -
Community-Based Animal Health Care in East Africa: Experiences and Case Studies.
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Nutrition Status of Children Under-Five Years in Cassava Consuming Communities in Nambale, Busia of Western Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 2012-06)A study was carried out to assess the nutritional status of under-five child population within cassava consuming community in Nambale of western Kenya. A structured questionnaire was used to collect socio -economic data, ... -
Limiting Depredation by African Carnivores: the Role of Livestock Husbandry
(College Biological and physical Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2003)Most large carnivore species are in global decline. Conflict with local people, particularly over depredation on livestock, is a major cause of this decline, affecting both nominally protected populations and those outside ... -
Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits?
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012-07)Why do many smallholder farmers fail to adopt improved land management practices which can improve yields and incomes? The reason is not always because these practices are uneconomical but sometimes it is because resource ... -
Embedding co-management: Community-based Fisheries Regimes in Lake Victoria, Tanzania
(University of NairobiDepartment of Biology, 2007)This paper discusses fisheries management reforms through involving local level institutions (LLFI). It is based on studies which were undertaken on Tanzania’s Lake Victoria fishery where LLFIs were established through ... -
Soil quality and fertilizer use rates among smallholder farmers in western Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009-09)Studies of fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa have been dominated by analyses of economic and market factors having to do with infrastructure, institutions, and incentives that prevent or foster increased fertilizer ... -
State-conditional Fertilizer Yield Response on Western Kenyan Farms
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)Fertilizer interventions have attained prominence in rural poverty reduction programs in Africa. Using data from maize plots operated by small farmers in western Kenya, we find a von Liebig-type relationship between soil ...