Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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In vitro activity of selected medicinal plants in Kenya on Trypanosoma evansi.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Trypanosomiasis, a protozoan disease causes morbidity and death to humans and severely limits livestock production in endemic areas. It occurs predominantly in Africa, South America and Asia. Although chemotherapy has been ... -
Short communication an outbreak of acute bovine dermatophilosis in a large scale dairy herd in Kenya
(2006)Dermatophilosis, caused by Dermatophilus congo/ensis, is a disease that affects mainly cattle, sheep, camels, horses and goats and occurs as an acute or chronic exudative skin disease1. Injury of the skin by insect and ... -
Isolation and properties of a 23-KD haemolymph protein from the tsetse, Glossina morsitans morsitans
(Cambridge Journals, 1992)The haemolymph of the tsetse, Glossina morsitans morsitans, contains a low molecular weight protein of very high density (1.29 g/mi). The protein was detected in the haemolymph during all developmental stages of the insect. ... -
Genetic resistance to gastro-intestinal nematode parasites in Red Maasai, Dorper and Red Maasai× Dorper ewes in the sub-humid tropics.
(1999)Resistance to naturally acquired gastrointestinal (GI) nematode parasite infections (predominantly Haemonchus contortus) was studied in 166 Masai, 230 Dorper and 294 Masai × Dorper ewes in the subhumid coastal region of ... -
Constraints of rehabilitating degraded semi-arid lands of Kenya using indigenous perennial grasses
(2010)Land degradation which among others include loss of vegetation is rampant in Kenya, destroying both the fragile arid and semiarid lands and the non-arid areas. Efforts to rehabilitate semiarid areas by re-vegetation has ... -
Exploratory analysis of factors affecting weaning weight of Dorper and Red Maasai lambs
(2011)This case study explores the patterns in relationships of various factors with weaning weights of Red Maasai and Dorper lambs and their crosses, such as year of birth, sex, age at weaning and age of dam. In particular, ... -
Evaluation of cropping systems as a strategy for managing snap bean flower thrips in Kenya
(2009)Four cropping systems were compared in terms of their effectiveness to suppress flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande and Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom infestation on Snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L). ... -
Rethinking agricultural higher education in public institutions of sub-saharan Africa
(2000)Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are in crisis. The capacities of institutions to maintain quality is often undermined by declining funding, brain drain, deteriorating infrastructure, civil ... -
Antimicrobial acitivity of extracts from Tephrosia vogelii Hook F.
(2006)The dichloromethane extracts of the root and leaf of Tephrosia vogelii Hook F. (Family: Papilionaceae) grown in Kenya, were subjected to antimicrobial assays against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Fusarium ... -
Incidence of aphid-transmitted viruses in farmer-based seed potato production in Kenya.
(2009)Field studies were carried out in farmer-based seed potato production to determine the incidence of potato aphids and potato aphid-transmitted viruses in two potato-producing areas of Kenya. Parameters determined included ... -
Enhancing food and nutritional security through adoption and upscaling of sustainable technologies in the drylands of Kenya
(2013)Drylands comprise of approximately 80% of Kenya’s land mass and they are characterized by erratic and low rainfall, crop failure, reduced livestock carrying capacity, environmental degradation and recurrent droughts. The ... -
The challenges posed by Ipomoea kituensis and the grass-weed interaction in a reseeded semi-arid environment in Kenya
(2010)Rehabilitation of denuded patches using perennial grasses has been used extensively in semi-arid environments of Kenya. However, weeds continue to pose an enormous challenge to the success of many rehabilitation programmes. ... -
Grass Reseeding Technology as a Means of Rehabilitating Degraded Lands and Improving Livelihoods of Agro-pastoral Communities in Semi-arid Kenya
(2011)Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the inhabited semi-arid lands. Cenchrus ... -
Efficiency and interactive effects of Tillage Practices, Cropping Systems and Organic Inputs on Soil Moisture Retention in Semi-Arid Yatta Sub-County, Kenya
(2014)The study evaluated the efficiency and interactive of tillage practices, cropping systems and organic inputs (soil moisture conservation techniques) on soil moisture retention in semi-arid Yatta sub-county between October ... -
Association Analysis Of Pharmaceutical Imports In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The objective of this study was to apply Data Mining in the analysis of imports of pharmaceutical products in Kenya with the aim of discovering patterns of association and correlation among the various product groups. The ...