Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Bett, B"
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Determinants of cattle market price volatility in Maasailand: a GARCH-M application
Irungu, P; Bett, B; Mbogoh, S.G; Randolph, T.F; Nyamwaro, S.O; Murilla, G (2009)Livestock marketing provides an avenue to improving pastoral livelihoods and food security. However, little is known regarding the factors that influence livestock market prices particularly in Maasailand in Kenya. ... -
Developing a Frame Work for Evaluating Vaccination Strategies Against Foot and Mouth Disease Required for the Establishment of ‘Disease Free Zones’ in Kenya
Bett, B; Kitala, J; Gathuma, J (University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2006)Foot and mouth disease is the most economically devastating disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals. In most parts of Kenya, the disease has become endemic because the available control measures (prophylactic or reactive ... -
Evaluating farmers’ preference for the attributes of a new tsetse repellent in Kenya: a conjoint analysis approach
Irungu, P; Bett, B; Mbogoh, S.G; Nyamwaro, S.O; Randolph, T.F (2007) -
Evaluation of a Synthetic Tsetse-repellent Developed for Control of Cattle Trypanosomosis in Kenya
Bett, B; Irungu, P; Andoke, J; Nyamwaro, S; Murilla, G; Saini, R; Hassanali, A; Olet, P; Kitala, P; Gathuma, G; Hargrove, J T; Randolph, TF; McDermott, JJ (University of NairobiInternational Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaTrypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya agricultural Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaInternational Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Public Health Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi , Nairobi, KenyaJohn Hopkins University, Harare, ZimbabweDepartment of Veterinary Services, Nairobi, Kenya, 2006)A field trial was carried out in two endemic foci of animal trypanosomosis to assess the effectiveness of a synthetic tsetse-repellent technology developed for the control of cattle trypanosomosis in Kenya. The trial ... -
Perspectives of predictive epidemiology and early warning systems for Rift Valley fever in Garissa, Kenya
Nanyingi, M O; Muchemi, G M; Kiama, S G; Thumbi, S M; Bett, B (University Of Nairobi, 2013)Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is an arthropod-borne viral zoonosis with a potential global threat to domestic animals and humans. Climate variability is recognized as one of the major drivers contributing RVF epidemics and ... -
Using the theory of planned behaviour to evaluate farmers’ acceptance of a new tsetse repellent technology in Kenya
Irungu, P; Bett, B; Mbogoh, S.G; Nyamwaro, S.O; Randolph, T.F (2007)