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The effect of temperature on the rate of transmission of Theileria parva parva infection to cattle by its tick vector, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
(1988)
A steer was infected with Theileria parva parva Kilae stabilate; nymphal Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks were applied to its ears so that they completed repletion when the steer had a high piroplasm parasitaemia. The ...
Research on african medicinal plants
(University of Nairobi., 1983-04)
Biochemical identification of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) pedifer and Phlebotomus (Larroussius) elegonensis
(1989)
Females of the vector of Leishmania aerhiopica, Phlebotomus pedifer. have previously been morphologically
indistinguishable from the non-vector. P. elegonensis. The present studies have biochemically separated these two ...
Effect of avermectin and dicofol on the immatures of the predacious miteAmblyseius gossipi with a special reference to the secondary poisoning effect on the adult female [Acari: Phytoseiidae]
(1988)
Avermectin at 1 ppm was slightly toxic by contact to the different immature stages of the predacious miteAmblyseius gossipi El-Badry. When immatures ofA. gossipi ingested treated prey on clean leaf discs, the toxicity ...
Factors influencing the development of Brugia pahangi microfilariae on Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
(1989)
Culex quinquefasciatus (Wiedemann) mosquitoes, which are refractory to Brugia pahangi (Buckley and Edeson) microfilariae, were fed simultaneously on Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold) and B. pahangi microfilariae. A selected ...
The distribution and economic importance of the mangrove forests in Kenya
(1985)
The mangroves form a group of higher plants which form a unique ecosystem, in that they grow in that part of land which is neither in demand for human settlement nor for agricultural use. They are also unique in their ...