Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Assessing Effects Of Climate Variability And Change On The Onset And Cessation Dates Of Seasonal Rainfall In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Climate change has great impact on various sectors that are dependent on rainfall. As a result of increased global warming due to continuous emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the influence of climate change ... -
Sero-prevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Young Adult Blood Donors in Kisumu, Homabay and Siaya Counties, Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Hepatitis B virus is a widespread public health menace approximated to have infected 257 million people chronically by 2015.Data on the prevalence of HBV is important in formulating public health policies on HBV control ... -
Evaluation Of Genes Associated With Mastitis In Crossbred Dairy Cattle
(University of NairobiUniversity of Nairobi, 2020)Mastitis is a detrimental disease that economically affects dairy farming by reducing milk quality and quantity produced, the sudden death of dairy cows, premature culling of dairy cows before attaining their maximum ... -
Evaluation of Dairy Cattle Performance in Smallholder Farms in Nyeri County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Dairy Production provides approximately 4.5% of the Kenyan National Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contributes to job creation along the value chain and food security in Kenya. However, individual cow milk yield is still ... -
Imagery Phenotyping and Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci for Northern Leaf Blight (Nlb) Resistance in Maize
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Northern leaf blight (NLB) is a major foliar disease caused by fungus Exserohilum turcicum that leads to limited production of cereals in the Sub-Saharan Africa. Maize is normally susceptible to NLB from the seedling stage ... -
Assessment of risk to human health associated with aflatoxins in the Kenyan dairy value chain
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Aflatoxins are considered a food safety priority in Kenya in light of the recurrent outbreaks of aflatoxicosis in humans and livestock and a possible role in childhood stunting and immunosuppression. Nonetheless information ... -
Biological and Economic Performance of Rabbits in Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Rabbit rearing has in the past received minimal attention, but due to reduction in individual land holdings and increasing awareness of the advantages of the rabbit as a food animal, interest in its farming for income ... -
Recovery Rate and Child Growth After Supplementary Feeding in Daynile District Hospital, Mogadishu–somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Somalia experiences a malnutrition burden among its under-five population. Infant growth is an important variable that indicates the nutritional and health status of children. Daynile District in Somalia is characterized ... -
Contribution of Livestock to the Livelihoods of Urban and Peri- Urban Households in Embakasi Constituency, Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Urban Livestock keeping contributes to food security, income generation, employment creation, insurance and improved social status. Despite the above benefits, rapid urbanization and high population in developing cities ... -
Impact of Involuntary Resettlement on Livestock Production and Performance Among the Maasai Pastoralists of Rapland Village, Olkaria Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)After securing funding to expand geothermal energy generation at Olkaria area, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) relocated 155 Maasai pastoral households into a new area-RAPland village after impact assessment ... -
Detection of plant pathogens associated with African nightshade seed and methods of seed processing to reduce infection
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Determinants Of Market Participation By Smallholder Soybean Farmers In Kakamega County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The importance of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) emanates from its multiple uses both as a food and an industrial crop. Despite soybean‟s numerous uses and its‟ ability to thrive well in the vast maize system in the ... -
Cancer Screening and Occurrence in Kangemi;potential Prevention of Cancer Through Consumption of African Nightshade Leafy Vegetable, Using a Mice Model
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Cancer is a disease that is steadily on the rise in Kenya despite the fact that two-thirds of the prevalence is due to preventable causes. One of these causes is poor dietary habits. Healthy diets include high levels of ... -
Effects of integrated Nutrition Education approaches on Production and Consumption of Orange-fleshed Sweetpotatoes in Homa Bay County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Malnutrition is still a big menace in sub-Saharan Africa as approximately 48 percent of children below five years and 20 percent of pregnant-age women suffer from the effects of Vitamin A deficiency (VAD); night blindness, ... -
Factors influencing Maize yield Gaps on Smallholder farms in Vihiga and Kakamega Counties of Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Despite decades of investment in new agricultural technologies, crop yields of main staple crops such as maize (Zea mays), rice (Oryza sativa) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) continue to stagnate in many parts of Sub Saharan ... -
Assessment of the effectiveness of communication channels used in the Dissemination of Reproductive Technologies in Dairy Cattle in Kangema, Murang’a County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Kenya’s population continues to increase with corresponding demand for milk consumption and related nutritional products. Despite the emerging reproductive technologies for improving dairy farming and milk production, the ... -
Prevalence Of Aflatoxin In Milk Sold Informally In Nairobi And The Effect Of Boiling And Fermentation
(University of Nairobi, 2020)It has been observed that milk in Kenya is contaminated with aflatoxin M1 which is transferred from the feeds consumed by the cows. This study was designed to assess the prevalence of AFM1 in raw milk informally sold in ... -
Evaluation Of Effects Of Asparagus Racemosus From Nakuru County, Kenya On Selected Female Reproductive Parameters Using Wistar Rat.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Dysmenorrhea is a major gynecological problem among women of reproductive age globally. Asparagus racemosus is traditionally used to manage discomforts related to the female cycle. The effect of the plant on female ... -
Determinants Of The Economic Efficiency Of Cassava Production In Bomi And Nimba Counties, Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Cassava is both a food and a cash crop. It is the only crop of the root and tubers group that is cultivated in all tropical regions of Latin America, Africa and Asia. More than 450 million Africans consume cassava daily ... -
Faecal Cortisol Metabolites as an Indicator of Stress in Captive Spotted Deer (Axis Axis) and Blackbuck (Antilope Cervicapra) in India.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Wildlife is currently facing a lot of challenges in their natural ecosystem such as negative effect of anthropogenic activities and climate change. Zoos play an important role in conservation and protection of wildlife ...