Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Issue Date
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Studies on bovine anaplasmosis The comparative pathogenicity and immunological relationship of anaplasma centrale to anaplasma marginale
(University of Nairobi, 1965)A limited serological surrey of the inoidenoe of borine anaplasmosis in east afrioa indicates a high lerel of infeotion* it is probable that anaplasmosis is endemic in most areas of east afrioa where oattle are produoed ... -
Continuous radiotelemetric records of the deep body temperature of some unrestrained African mammals under near‐natural conditions
(University of Nairobi, 1965)The deep body temperatures of a wide range of animals have been recorded in the literature. The majority of these records has depended upon discrete measurements made while the animal was captive and restrained, or ... -
An appraisal of Agricultural investment in the 1964-1970 Kenyan development program
(1966)Kenya exhibits a dualistic economy in the Agricultural Sector. In scheduled agricultural areas, there is commercial farming and in the nonscheduled agricultural areas, a mixture of semi-commercial and peasant ... -
The Population Fluctuation Of Ectoparasites On Cattle In The Kapsabet Area Of Kenya, East Africa
(purdue university, 1967)Laemmlen, Franklin Ford , L,S., Purdue University, January 1967. The Population Fluctuations of ectoparasites on Cattle in the Kapsabet area of Kenya, E;ast Ai'rica. major Professor: Richard C. Dobson. During the year ... -
California- Arizona economic interdependence and their water use patterns
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Studies And Hybridization Of Suppressus Species Grown For Timber In Kenya
(University of East Africa,, 1968)Cupressus lusitanica Mill. is grown as an exotic forest crop in Kenya for softwood timber production in compensatory plantations. In the Kenya Highlands it is the most successful exotic softwood, ana timber produced ... -
The physiology of Digestion and Metabolism in the Red deer
(1968)Serum acid phosphatase was measured in patients with enlarged benign and malignant prostate before and after rectal examination. Amongst the patients with benign glands, rectal examination did not produce any significant ... -
Some aspects of the Ecology of the Warthog (phacochoerus Aethiopicus Pallas) In Nairobi National Park
(University of East Africa,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1968-08)The thesis presents the data collected during twenty months of field research in Nairobi National Park on the warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas. The warthog is diurnal and passes the night in a burrow. Two of ... -
A Study Of The Chemical Control And Bionomics It Of Aphis Craccivora Koch And Their Effects On Rosette Disease Attack And Yield Of Groundnuts
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 1969)The thesis describes a study of groundnut rosette disease with particular reference to the aphid vector, its alternative hosts and control with the systemic insecticide,menazon. The vector was shown to enter the growing ... -
Comparative Studies On The Water Balances And Functional Renal Anatomy Of Several Species Of Uganda Ruminant
(University of East Africa,, 1969)Comparative studies on the water balance and related physiological phenomena of goats obtained from three distinct geographical zones of Uganda and one or more representatives of each of species from three distinct ... -
Aspects of green manuring with special reference to soil carbon dioxide evolution
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Social Complexity In A Large And Small Group Of Olive Baboons
(University of East Africa,, 1969)As part of the over all and increasingly comprehensive study of primates other than men , considerable interest is now being paid to members of prosimii. Fundamental studies of their locomotors habits are now being /undertaken ... -
Investigations into some aspects of the production and genetics improvement of Soyabean, Glycine Max (L) Merrill in Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 1969)The present investigations have revealed tlat Soyabeans were of considerable agricultural importance in the 1940’s but the present acreage sown to Soyabean is quite insignificant. The crop can be satisfactorily grown ii ... -
The feeding ecology of giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis linnaeus) in nairobi national park, and the effect of browsing on their main food plants."
(Plant Science & Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1969)The research described in this thesis was carried out between June 1968 and May , 1969 in an area of approximately 10.14 square kilometres in the plains of'Nairobi 'National Park. Of this area abo~~ 4074 square ... -
A study of some environmental effects on the physiology of Jersey and Friesian cattle in the lake crescent area of Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 1969)It is hypothesised that Bos taurus breeds of dairy cattle are subjected to stress, either directly or indirectly, by the environment of the Lake Crescent region of Uganda. The response to this stress is examined by observing ... -
The Microscopic And Microscopic Functional Of The Impala (aepyceros Melampus Lightensein 1912)
(University of East Africa,, 1969)The impala is a medium-sized antelope found in Eastern and Central Africa. It is an intermediate. feeding type of "browsing" species with selective grazin habits but shows little tendency to migrate. A population in the ... -
The influence of the wet-processing of Arabica coffee upon the characteristics of the coffee bean
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1970)The presence of galacturonic acid within the reported pectic component of coffee mucilage has been confirmed. The insoluble mucilage material (protopectin) contains arabinose, glucose and xylose units in addition to ... -
Reproductive efficiency and body temperature in selected herds of Bos Taurus dairy cattle in East Africa
(University of East Africa, 1970)Herds of Friesian and Jersey dairy cattle in three climatically contrasting regions of East Africa were involved; Njoro, in the Kenya Rift Valley; Kampala, to the north of Lake Victoria in Uganda; and Mombasa, on the ... -
Application Of Nitrogen And Irrigation To Pasture To Enhance Dry Season Cattle Production In Uganda
(University Of Nairobi, 1970)In Section I a review waa made of the problem of providing sufficient a&d nutritious pasturage in the tropics during the dry seasons when productivity is low owing mainly to the leOk of soil moisture and partly due to the ...
