Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Prevalence of bovine (nematodes) otitis in Kenya
(2002)A survey carried out to determine the prevalence of Prevalence of Bovine (Nematodes) Otitis in Kenya using physical, otoscopic and microscopic examination of ear swabs. Of 413 examined in Kajiado District (with a hot and ... -
Acute toxicity of maytansine in F344 rats.
(1977)The toxicity of maytansine given by sc administration was studied in 5-week-old mald F344 rats. The LD50 (14-day) was 0.48 mg/kg. A dose response to drug administration was indicated by body weight changes and diarrhea. A ... -
The pathology of urinary bladder tumours in Kenya Zebu cattle
(1969)A pathological study has been made of sixty-two urinary bladder tumours in Zebu cattle in Kenya. The tumours were papillomas, adenomas, transitional cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and adenocarcinomas. The ... -
Tumours of the liver, kidney and lungs in rats fed encephalartos hildebrandtii
(1968)Encephalartos hildebrandtii is a palm-like plant which belongs to the family Cycadaceae. The plant bears large pineapple-like cones. When the cones mature they fall off and expose the seeds. The seed consists of a hard ... -
Metabolism of urea nitrogen and adaptation response trends in the growing wether and steer.
(1970)Four wethers of average weight 33 kg were fed for 60 days on hay, straw, beet pulp, maize starch, glucose, molasses, soya bean oil, urea, salt mixture and vitamins. The diet was then readjusted, with crystalline urea to ... -
Nutritional Characteristics of Important Dwarf Shrubs and Value of Leucaena leueocephala seeds as Protein Supplement for Goats in Marsabit District, Kenya
(1998)A study on the nutritional characteristics of Indigofera spinosa and Duosperma eremophilum dwarf shrubs was carried out in Southwest Marsabit district of Kenya to establish the digestibility intake by goats and their ... -
The value of Acacia brevispica and Leucaena leucocephala seedpods as a dry season supplement for calves in arid areas of Kenya
(1996)Two feeding experiments were conducted to evaluate the nutritive value of Acacia brevispica and Leucaena leucocephala seedpods in terms of chemical composition and liveweight performance. In feeding experiment one (FE-1), ... -
Restoring community livelihoohods and food security through livestock asset during drought disasters: case study of Mwingi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Some of the world’s poor and most disaster-vulnerable communities are also those most reliant on livestock. Whenever disasters strike, in addition to the immediate devastation, food insecurity and loss of life, the loss ... -
The isolation and identification of leishmanial parasites from domestic dogs in the Machakos District of Kenya, and the possible role of dogs as reservoirs of kala-azar in East Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 1980)Of 288 sick and emaciated dogs from homesteads in the Machakos District of Kenya, where human kala-azar cases exist, 2 were found to be infected with Leishmania. The leishmanial strain isolated from one of the dogs was ... -
Investigations into phlebotomine sandflies in the Nairobi area
(University of Nairobi, 1994)Studies were conducted in 1989-90 to identify the phlebotomine sandflies found in Nairobi, Kenya. These studies were also aimed at determining their numbers as well as assessing the effects of seasonal changes on the sandfly ... -
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kenya: Montenegro skin test in leishmaniasis foci and presumably leishmania-free areas
(University of Nairobi, 1975)Trials of the Montenegro skin test were made in 7 areas of Kenya in which cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica and transmitted by Phlebotomus pedifer Lewis, Mutinga & Ashford or kala azar caused by L. ...