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Botanical composition has a greater influence on mineral concentrations in dry season pastures in W. Kenya than either soil origin or composition.
(1993-10)
The prediction of mineral deficiencies in grazing livestock requires good correlations between convenient markers of mineral status and animal health or productivity. Correlations are likely to become weaker in moving from ...
Evaluation of the mineral status of grazing cattle in Trans Nzoia: Preliminary assessment of Data. Proc.
(1996-09)
A number of diseases and production problems have been observed in grazing ruminants in many countries around the world Some of these problems and health effects have been attributed to dietary imbalances in mineral supply ...
Kenya national inventory of persistent organic pollutants (pops) under the stockholm convention. Gef/unep/gok - part iv: identification and quantification of dioxins and furans releases in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The total Dioxins (PCDD) and Furans (PCDF) release in Kenya is estimated to be 4,740 g TEQ per annum. The Uncontrolled Combustion Processes category generates 4,304 g TEQ which is the highest of all the categories that ...
The status of Effluent treatment and safe waste disposal of toxic and obsolete pestcides under the Stolkholm convention
(UNIDO-RENCAP Conference on POPs,BOGOR, 2006)
Kenya strives to move along the path of sustainable development to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of the resource base to meet those of future generations. However, the development ...
Macro and trace element composition of forages in Western Kenya: Implications for sheep and cattle health and production.
(1993-06)
In a preliminary study, 135 samples of mature forages from 84 livestock farms (farm size 10 • 6000 acres) in Bungoma and Trans Nzoia districts were assessed for both macro (Co, S, Mg and P) and trace elements (Co, Cu, Se, ...
The status of persistent organic pollutants in Lake Victoria catchment. proc.
(2005)
The use of most organochlorine pesticides has been banned or restricted in the republic of Kenya under the Rotterdam and Stockholm convention due to high levels of persistence in the environment and toxicity to nontarget ...
Status of some Trace elements in Waterbuck (Kobus ellypsiprymnus defassa) in relation to soil and forage composition and implications for animal health in Lake Nakuru Park
(University of Nairobi, 1994)
No abstract available.
The identification, distribution and impact of mineral imbalances and disorders in grazing livestock. A case study in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2003)
No abstract available.