Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Issue Date
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The Testis of the Goat
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, 1972)A study of the goat testis has been made both at microscopic and ultrastructural levels. The vascular supply, especially with regard to the relationship between the Leydig cells and both the blood and lymphatic capillaries ... -
The development and evaluation op small scale threshing and cleaning mechanisms for grain legumes
(University of Nairobi, 1972)ne®^ was felt to develop locally small scale threshing and cleaning machinery especially in view of the recent orientation towards commercialization of the small scale farming in Bast Africa, i'.oreorer, the recent drive ... -
Cane sugar and its industry in Kenya. The manufacture of‘raw cane sugar, A Sugar factory
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Investigations into the use of native beer residues and brewers grains in poultry feeds
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 1972)A series of four feeding trials were conducted to asses the value of native maize beer and millet beer residues and brewers crains as supplenents in chick diets. Preliminary studies involved proximate analyses of these ... -
Survey of viruses affecting East African major food crops
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The Economic Impact Of The 1964 Fair Employment Practices Act And Subsequent Executive Orders On Black Americans
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agricultural Economics, 1972-06)The economic status, of the Black Americans has lagged far behind that of non-Black Americans in the last four centuries. The major reasons are manifested in(1) discrimination in employment practices by: employers, public ... -
Unemployment and the Kenyan Sisal industry
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agriculture, 1973)This thesis falls into two sections. In thp first part, the author discussed the effect of future developments in the sisal industry on the demand for labour. In Part II, he turns to some labour supply probler~. The ... -
Characterization And Interpretation Of The Soils Of The Kano Plains For Irrigation Agriculture
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agriculture, 1973)The-Kano Plain is an infilled •Pleistocene' valley, lying immediately east of Lako Victoria in Kenya. The soil invostigation embraces and area of about 72,000 ha with a high rural population. The area suffers frc/m ... -
Host-parasite relationships of the root-knot nematodes,meloidogyne incognita and m.javanica, on beans (phaseolus vulgaris)
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1973)Field, laboratory, and greenhouse experiments were carried out to study e££ect o£ nematicide application on bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) yields in Kenya; penetration o£ larvae ot:' Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica ... -
The role played by wild carnivores in the epidemiology of bovine cysticercosis in Kenya.
(Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1973) -
labour in the kenya coffee industry:an economic analysis
(University of NairobiAgricultural Economics, 1973)The Kenya Coffee Industry is in a paradoxical situation where it experiences labour shortage problems in a labour surplus economy. Problems exist both on the demand side and supply side. On the whole, the author feels ... -
Pedological factors influencing soil development and agricultural potential in three locations of Mt Elgon
(Soil Science, Universoty of Nairobi, 1973) -
Senecio Moorei and Adenia Volkensii toxicosis in animals
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1973)It is not possible to guess the annual loss of livestock caused by poisonous plants in East Africa but it is considerable. Investigation has also shown that some of these plants have been used for medicinal and homicidal ... -
Introduction to Genetics and Animal Breeding
(University of Nairobi, 1973) -
Ecology and behaviour of the black rhinoceros diceros bicornis linn. 1758 in Masai Mara game reserve
(Plant Science & Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1973)The ecology and behaviour of maasai Mara Game Reserve rhinoceros was studied from May 1971 to August 1972. At the end of August 1972, the entire Mara rhino population consisted of 10 animals of which 73% were adults ... -
Long-Term Effects of Variable Water Quality on Some Soil Physical Characteristics Under Field Conditions
(University of Nairobi, 1973) -
The organisation and content of elastic fibres of vertabral ligaments of Primates
(University of Nairobi, 1973) -
The biology and population studies of the sugar-cane scale, Aulacaspis Tegalensis (Zehnt.) (Diaspididae) in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1973) -
Comparison Of Ayrshire X Sahiwal crossbred Cows with grade Ayrshires on Kilifi Farm, Coast Province of Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Veterinery medicine, 1973)The main purpose of the present study was to compare the milk yields of crossbred ayrshire x sahiwal cows with those of high grade ayshires kept at Kilifi Plantations Limited in the coas province of Kenya. All lactations ...