Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Isolation And Screening For Antibiotics From Soil Actinomycetes And Their Control Of Fusarium Wilt Of Carnation Caused By Fusarium Oxysporum Schi. F. Sp. Dianthi (prill. & Del.) Snyder And Hansen
(University of Nairobi.Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 1992)Twenty three actjnomycete isolates were isolated r from soiI samples collected from a cow shed, pasture land, and culttivated land. The cow shed soils were shown to have a higher population of actinomycetes than e1ther ... -
The activities of some drug metabolizing enzymes in various / pathological states or the rat liver and during the development of primary hepatocellular carcinoma
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1975)This thesis reports the results of a study designed to compare the effect of different hepatocarcinogens - N,N-dimethyl- 4-phenylazoaniline (DAB) and diethylnitrosamine (DEN) - on the activities of representative ... -
Morphology, Haemolysis and Environmental sources of catalase-positive Campylobacters
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 1987-09)Literature relating to the isolation, identification and importance of catalase-positive campylobacters is reviewed and the need for further work emphasized. Campylobacters have been isolated directly, or after enrichment, ... -
Evaluation Of Sweetpotato Varieties Response To Sweetpotato Virus Disease
(University of Nairobi.Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2008)Sweet potato is an important food, feed and cash crop in Eastern Africa but its productivity is greatly reduced by the sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD). Variety based tolerance to SPVD is a cheap and sustainable way of ... -
Application Of Enzyme Immunochemical And Immunohistochemical Methods In The Diagnosis Of Aflatoxicosis In Animals
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, 2001)Studies aimed at developing enzyme immunoassay and immunohistochemical techniques for the determination of aflatoxins in animal tissues were carried out. Highly specific antibodies against aflatoxin B1 were produced in ... -
Feasibility Of Small Scale Production Of Solar Dried Potato (solanum Tuberosum) Flour And Its Potential Food Uses In Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Agriculture, 1990)The main aim of this study was to develop a simple and low-cost process for production of an acceptable potato flour, and to identify its potential food uses in Kenya. Sulphited raw potato slices, sulphited blanched ... -
Manganese Nutrition of the pig
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Husbandry, Michigan State University, 1974)Four experiments involving 104 pigs were conducted to study different aspects of manganese (Mn) nutrition in swine. In the first experiment, a basal diet (16.2 ppm Mn) and basal diet supplemented with 10 ppm of Mn from ... -
Aspects Of Climate, Herbage Growth And Animal Production In A Semi-arid Area Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Agriculture, 1985)The results obtained from two major field experiments conducted on a natural range land sward in a semi-arid area of Kenya are presented and discussed in relation to other relevant work. In the cutting trial 15 different ... -
Inheritance Of Resistance To Root-knot Nematode, Meloidogyne Javanica (Treub) Chitwood, And Some Yield Characters In Tomato, Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 1979)The most common root-knot nematode species in the field at Thika comprising about 99% was found to be Meloidogyne javanica. Separate trials were conducted to determine the yield loss and the inheritance of resistance ... -
Diurnal and seasonal activity of unfed adults of Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus, Neumann 1901 inrelation to some factors in the micro-environment
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1978)A study was conducted on the activity response of unfed adults of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus to some of the environmental changes during the three main seasons here in East Africa. Ticks of two different ages were ... -
Relationship between production performance and responses of blood chemistry to different physiological states in dairy cattle
(2013-05-22)The aim aiof the research presented in this thesis was to study t he changes "that occur' in blood chemistry as a result of some common physiological f act ors (age, late pregnancy , early lactation, starvation, and s tress ... -
Dietary diversity and prevalence of Maternal night blindness among Women in rural Kenya: A comparative study of selected Sub-locations In Makindu, Kilifi and Kisumu-east Districts
(University of Nairobi.Department of Food Science, Nutrition & Technology, 2011-08)Background: Although the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in Kenya is estimated to be of sustained public health significance, information is scanty on the same among cassava reliant populations in Kenya who are targeted ... -
Analysis Of Determinants Of Agricultural Credit Performance In Kenya: The Case Of Agricultural Finance Corporation, Uasin Gishu District
(University of Nairobi.Department of Agricultural Economics, 2010-06)The main research objective was to analyze the determinants of agricultural credit performance in Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) Kenya. The specific objectives were to analyze the historical and current performance ... -
Effect Of Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil On Hatching Success And Associated Changes In The Pipping Muscle (ilusculus Complexus) In Embryos Of Domestic Chickens (gallus Gallus)
(University of NairobiCollege Of Graduate Studies And Research Saskatoon, 1992-05-26)Fertile White Leghorn chicken eggs were exposed to 0,1,2,4,6,8, and 16 ~L of Prudhoe Bay Crude oil (PBCO) on day 9 of incubation. The effects of oil on percentage pipping, percentage hatchability, body weight gains post ... -
Original communication: the role of street foods in the dietary pattern of two low-income groups in Nairobi
(Nature Publishing GroupDepartment of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2001)Objectives: To examine the frequency of street food consumption of people living in low-income settlements in Nairobi and the role of street foods in their daily diet and to reveal why people consume street foods rather ... -
Nutritional, hygiene ans socio-economic dimensions of street foods urban areas:the case of Nairobi
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2002)Exceptionally high rates of urbanisation in developing countries have been coupled with lack of employment and increasing urban poverty and undernutrition. Urban populations are thus utilising a variety of initiatives ... -
Diplodia Die-back Of Exotic Pine5 In Kenya Caused By Diplodiahi Pinea (desm) Kickx. Fl. F Landrs
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Effects Of Increasing Levels Of Copper On The Mineral Nutrition And Growth Of Coffea Arabica L. In Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1999)Copper fungicides are intensively applied on Coffea arabica L. in Kenya to control coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum coffeanum Noack) and leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix Berk. & Br.) and to induce vigorous growth (tonic ... -
Studies of viral interference induced by Rinderpest virus
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, 1976-11) -
The effect of different soil management practices on crust formation, soil moisture conservation and crop growth in Machang'a area, Mbeere district, Kenya
(Department of Soil Science, University of Nairobi, 2002)
