Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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A Systemic Approach To The Analysis Of The Feed Ingredient Scarcity In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)If every person in Kenya were to eat meat everyday like it is done in the developed world, then Kenya‟s beef herd would be exhausted in 400days, the total cattle herd in 600, and the sheep and goat flocks in 90. The country ... -
Indigenous Poultry Production: Current Status, Challenges Opportunities And Future Trends In A Changing Environment.
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)The poultry population in Kenya is estimated at 29.6 million birds. Indigenous chickens, which constitute about 80% of this population are kept by majority of rural households where they contribute to food security, income ... -
Animal Welfare: Current Status And The Future Of Trends In A Changing Environment
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)The University of Nairobi- Kenya. P.O Box 30197-00100, Nairobi. Animal welfare in Africa has not been prioritized by the people and governments. This is inspite of the fact that the livestock industry contributes 6% of the ... -
Characterisation of Crude Pectin Extracted From Banana Peels by Acid Method
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Use Of Albendazole - Levamisole Combination In Controlling Multiple Anthelmintic Resistance In A Sheep Farm In Kabete Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)The albendazole-levamisole drug combinations were evaluated on their ability to control natural helminth infections in a sheep farm where resistance to the individual anthelmintic had previously been reported. Forty (40) ... -
Acute Toxicity And Cytotoxicity Of Aqueous And Chloroformic Extracts Of Rapanea Melanophloeos
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)Rapanea melanophloeos is a medicinal plant widely utilized in ethnomedicine to treat helmithiasis in man and animals. Hitherto, information on its toxicity to man or animals is scanty. In the current study, the chloroformic ... -
Laboratory Strategies for Selection of Effective Virus Strains to Support the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease in Kenya
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Camel health problems affecting milk production in Garissa
(2012)A total of about 3 million camels are reared in Kenya about 1.7 of which are reared in Northeastern province. Garissa county alone has a population of 234,683 camels. They provide a source of milk and income for about 2 ... -
Occurrence, virulence and pathogenicity of escherichia and salmonella from kales in nairobi and its environs
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Surface Water Contamination By Livestock In Migori District: A Case For One Health
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)The quality of water in grazing lands is primarily a function of interrelationships between precipitation (interval, duration, and intensity), landscape characteristics, and livestock use. Water quality from grazing lands ... -
Best Practices In Value Chain Promotion: Experience For Kenya Beef Value Chain
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)The Kenya beef value chain (VC) is characterised by low productivity, inadequate market information, linkages among VC actors, limited value addition technologies and facilities, limited awareness on quality and safety ... -
The Effect Of Aqueous, Ethanol And Chloroform Extracts Of Euclea Divinorum (Ebenaceae) And Ricinus Communis(Euphorbiaceae) Plants On Isolated Rabbit Uterine Strips
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)The effect of Euclea divinorum and Ricinus communis root bark extracts on isolated gravid and non gravid rabbit uterine strips was investigated in the presence and absence of oxytocin and prostaglandin F2α. The uterine ... -
An Investigation On The Pathogens Associated With Clinical Mastitis In Dairy Cows Managed By The Ambulatory Services Of The Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine, Kabete
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)The purpose of this investigation was to establish the pathogens associated with clinical mastitis in dairy cows. The data used in this investigation was obtained from the laboratory of the large animal clinic of the Faculty ... -
Toxic Poisoning Of Pigs Encountered Naturally In Smallholder Farms In Nairobi And Its Environs
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)Eighty four pig carcasses received in Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology between June 2004 and June 2007 were examined for toxic poisoning. Systematic necropsies were conducted and tissues collected and ... -
Foot and Mouth disease manifestation from a “cattle boma’ in South Sudan
(2012)The South Sudan was recently granted independence from Sudan in 2011 after a period of internal conflict which prevented normal disease control programmes. There has been a rapid increase in the movement of goods and ... -
Prevalence Of Porcine Cysticercosis And Risk Factors For Taenia Solium Cysticercosis/taeniosis In Three Divisions Of Homa Bay District, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)A cross sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Cysticercus cellolulosae in three divisions of Homa Bay District. Pig farming in the district is mainly by free-range, with most farmers keeping commonly ... -
Seroprevalence Of Peste Des Petits Ruminants In Cattle Camel And Selected Wildlife Species In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)In this study, an investigation was undertaken to find out whether Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus does infect incontact animals apart from its hosts sheep and goats. The number of samples to be tested was determined ... -
Gastrointestinal parasites and other endoparasites of indigenous chickens traded in Nairobi, Kenya
(2012)A survey of gastrointestinal and other internal parasites was conducted on apparently healthy indigenous chickens of both sexes obtained from open-air markets around Nairobi, Kenya. A total of 131 birds from 9 districts ... -
Effects of medicated urea-molasses block supplementation on productivity and gastrointestinal nematode infections of sheep in Nyandarua District, Kenya
(2012)A 13 months study was undertaken to determine the effects of feeding medicated urea-molasses blocks on production parameters and gastrointestinal (GI) nematode parasitism of sheep under field conditions in Central Kenya. ... -
An Economic Analysis Of The Contribution Of Livestock To Household Incomes In Migori District, Kenya.
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)Agricultural activities significantly contribute to household income in rural parts of Kenya. This study was conducted in Uriri, Karungu and Nyatike divisions of Migori district. The objective of the study was to examine ...