Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Lactic acid bacteria diversity of African raw and fermented camel milk products reveals a highly competitive, potentially health-threatening predominant microflora
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2012-07)The microflora of 59 East African camel milk samples of unfermented raw milk supply chains and spontaneously fermented milk (suusac) was analyzed to describe the diversity of predominant lactic acid bacteria (LAB), identify ... -
Pre-hatch lung development in the ostrich.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology,, 2012)We studied development of the ostrich lung using light microscopy as well as electron microscopy techniques. At E24, the lung comprised a few epithelial tubes, interspersed with abundant mesenchyme with scattered profiles ... -
Decrease in VEGF expression induces intussusceptive vascular pruning
(University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology,, 2011)OBJECTIVE: The concept of vascular pruning, the "cuting-off" of vessels, is gaining importance due to expansion of angio-modulating therapies. The proangiogenic effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are ... -
Systemic bovine mucormycotic infection--a case report.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Clinical Studies, 1974-06)Not available -
Escape mechanisms after antiangiogenic treatment, or why are the tumors growing again?
(University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology,, 2011)Inhibitors of angiogenesis and radiation induce compensatory changes in the tumor vasculature both during and after cessation of treatment. In numerous preclinical studies, angiogenesis inhibitors were shown to be efficient ... -
Evaluation of the efficacy of melarsenoxyde cysteamine (Cymelarsan) in treatment of camels experimentally infected with Trypanosoma evansi using antigen trapping enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Clinical Studies, 1995-12)No abstract available -
Parabronchial angioarchitecture in developing and adult chickens.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology,, 2009)The avian lung has a highly sophisticated morphology with a complex vascular system. Extant data regarding avian pulmonary angioarchitecture are few and contradictory. We used corrosion casting techniques, light microscopy, ... -
Development and spatial organization of the air conduits in the lung of the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus variant domesticus.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology,., 2008-09)We employed macroscopic and ultrastructural techniques as well as intratracheal casting methods to investigate the pattern of development, categories, and arrangement of the air conduits in the chicken lung. The secondary ... -
The structural design of the bat wing web and its possible role in gas exchange.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology,, 2007)The structure of the skin in the epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) wing and body trunk was studied with a view to understanding possible adaptations for gas metabolism and thermoregulation. In addition, gas ... -
Effect of chronic lead exposure on the canine bone marrow.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1980-05)The effect of chronic oral led acetate administration on canine bone marrow was studied. Two dogs (group 1) were used as controls, 4 dogs (group 2) were given 2 mg of lead/kg of body weight daily, and 4 dogs (group 3) were ... -
Acute toxicity studies with quinuronium sulfate in laboratory animals and sheep.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1984-01)The acute toxicity of quinuronium was investigated by measurements of lethal doses (LD50) in mice and rats, cholinesterase activity in vivo in whole blood, and protection from anticholinesterase activity by atropinisation ... -
Quinuronium induced hepatotoxicity in rats.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1985-01)Two groups of 6 rats each received subcutaneous injections of 2.3 mg/kg or 5.0 mg/kg of quinuronium, respectively, on two consecutive days, while 5 rats injected with physiological saline served as controls. Clinical signs ... -
Quinuronium levels in ovine plasma as determined by an in vitro/in vivo system with Babesia rodhaini.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1985-07)Quinuronium was shown to have a babesicidal activity in vitro. In vitro/in vivo system with Babesia rodhaini gave an in vitro EC50 for 13.5 ng/ml. Quinuronium levels in ovine plasma increased to a maximum mean of approximately ... -
Reduction of nitrates, oxalates and phenols in fermented solar-dried stored cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata l.) leaf vegetables
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2011-11)This study was conducted to determine the effect of fermentation, solar drying and storage duration on the levels of anti-nutrients: nitrates, oxalates and phenols, in cowpea leaf vegetables. The rationale was reduction ... -
Comparative studies of the effects of quinuronium sulfate and diminazene diaceturate in sheep.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1985-12)Biochemical parameters in 20 sheep were investigated following administration of quinuronium sulfate or diminazene diaceturate. The usual signs of salivation, micturition, anorexia, depression, muscular tremors and ataxia ... -
Effects of some calcium modulators on monensin toxicity.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1988-10)Monensin is extremely toxic to some domestic animals, like the equine species, if they ingest poultry or cattle rations containing the drug. From a treatment standpoint, no specific compounds are known to alleviate or ... -
Activity of buparvaquone against Theileria cervi in white-tailed deer.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1991-01)Buparvaquone, a naphthoquinone with known efficacy against Theileria parva parva in cattle, was tested for activity against Theileria cervi piroplasms in both an in vitro culture system and in vivo in experimentally infected ... -
Acquired tetracycline resistance genes in nosocomial Salmonella typhimurium infection in a Kenyan hospital.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1993-05)Tetracyclines have been among the most widely used antibiotics worldwide. Plasmid-mediated tetracycline resistance among hospital strains of bacteria has continued to rise and of major concern has been the transfer of ... -
Radiographic features and outcomes of bone fractures affecting dogs and cats in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005)No abstract. -
Field application of an ELISA using redefined Leishmania antigens for the detection of visceral leishmaniasis.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1993-07)Two soluble antigens from Leishmania donovani of 116 kDa and 70 kDa molecular mass, and a soluble mixture of crude antigens, were used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of visceral leishmaniasis ...