Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Effect of Chronic Lead on the Haematology, Blood Glutathione and Bone Marrow Non-Haeme Iron of Dogs
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1980)Ten clinically normal male beagle dogs were used in the study. Two dogs served as control, 4 received 2 mg lead/kg daily and 4 received 5 mg lead/kg/daily. Lead was administered for 13 weeks, after which one-half of each ... -
In vitro interstitial (Leydig) cell response to LH and concentrations of plasma testosterone and LH in the naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber, Ruppell)
(1991)Reproductive endocrinology of the male naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) caught in the wild was studied. In vitro treatment of isolated Leydig cells using either normal dose of LH capable of stimulating mice Leydig ... -
Factors influencing calf growth and daily weight gain on smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District, Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Clinical studies, 1994)Dairy calf growth was studied on 90 randomly selected smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District, Kenya between July 1991 and June 1992. The data were stratified by dairy society and farm in a two-stage random sampling ... -
Host range determination of tsetse fly Glossina morsitans submorsitans by bloodmeal analysis in the upper Didessa River valley (Western Ethiopia)
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2001-12)Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was employed to determine the rate of digestion of blood proteins ingested by teneral and non-teneral laboratory reared Glossina morsitans morsitans at different time intervals ... -
Effect of Rhizobia inoculation, farm yard manure and Nitrogen fertilizer on nodulation and yield of food grain legumes
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Bean improvement for low soil fertility adaptation in Eastern and Central Africa
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2007)Low soil fertility is one of the most important common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) productivity yield limiting factors in Eastern and Central Africa and cause substantial production losses. As a component of integrated ... -
The incidence, calf morbidity and mortality due to Theileria parva infections in smallholder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Clinical studies, 1999)A prospective observational study was conducted among smallholder dairy farmers in Murang'a District, Kenya, to estimate the incidence of Theileria parva infections, as well as calf morbidity and mortality caused by the ... -
Potential of urban agriculture: benefits and risks.
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Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium wilt in pigeonpea {Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.}
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium udum Butler is a common and destructive disease of pigeonpea. The development and use of resistant cultivars remains the most effective, economical and environmentally sound strategy for ... -
Virulence of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae to sweet potato weevil Cylas puncticollis and effects on fecundity and egg viability
(University of NairobiDepartment of plant science and crop protection, 2008)The virulence of eight isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and four isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) to adult Cylas puncticollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) was tested in the laboratory. Insects were ... -
Effects Of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone On Anorexic Nile Crocodiles (crocodylus Niloticus)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Physiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)1. Eleven-month-old Nile crocodiles with poor appetite and retarded growth were injected with 0.325 μg/g recombinant human growth hormone (hGH) twice a week for 4 weeks. 2. The treated animals had a mean intake per ... -
The prevalence of serum antibodies to tick-borne infections in cattle in smallholder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya; a cross-sectional study
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Clinical studies, 1997)The most important tick-borne disease of cattle in eastern, central and southern Africa is East Coast fever (ECF) caused by Theileria parva and transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Other less-important ... -
Production and marketing of onions in Kenya: status, problems and potential
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Description of Smallholder Dairy Farms in Kiambu District, Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Clinical studies, 1994)The methods used in a study of health and productivity of dairy cattle in smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District, Kenya are described. The study sampling frame included all smallholder dairy farmers registered by one ... -
Improvement of food beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) through mutation breeding
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1988)Advanced generation lines derived for radiation-treated bean cultivar 'Canadian Wonder' were evaluated for their performance and response to Rhizobium inoculation in replicated trials for two seasons in 1984. In the early ... -
Blood meal sources of Glossina pallidipes and G. longipennis (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Nguruman, southwest Kenya
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1995-05)In total, 1,952 Glossina pallidipes Austen and 1,098 G. longipennis Corti adults were collected in forest and savanna habitat in Nguruman, southwestern Kenya, by NG2G traps during the dry season of 1992. Of these, 339 ... -
Factors influencing calf morbidity and mortality in smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District of Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Clinical studies, 1994)Patterns of calf morbidity and mortality were examined for 78 of 90 randomly selected smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District, Kenya that had at least one calf during the 12 months between July 1991 and June 1992. ... -
Relationships between host blood factors and proteases in Glossina morsitans subspecies infected with Trypanosoma congolense
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1995)Host blood effects on Trypanosoma congolense establishment in Glossina morsitans morsitans and Glossina morsitans centralis were investigated using goat, rabbit, cow and rhinoceros blood. Meals containing goat erythrocytes ... -
A Molecular Analysis Of The Ostrich (struthio Camelus Massaicus) Primary Sex Ratio.
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary science, 2004)The genetic sex in many species of birds cannot be determined by morphology at hatching. Sex identification at the DNA level is now widely used. We used a W-linked sex-specific DNA marker in the ostrich Struthio camelus ...