Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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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) -
Control of Root-knot Nematodes by use of different Soil Organic Amendments
(University of Nairobi.Department of Crop protection, 1999)Studies were carried out in the laboratory, greenhouse and in the field to determine the possibility of optimizing the C:N ratios in organic soil amendments for the control of root-knot nematodes. Amendments with high ... -
Harmacological and clinical evaluation Anthelmintic activity of Albizia Anthelmintica Maerua Edulis de wolf and Maerua Subcordata plant extracts in sheep and mice
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Resource Availability And Productivity, Farmer Efficiency, And Household Food Security In Semi-arid Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, University of Reading, Uk, 1997-07)The problem of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is currently one of the principal concerns of policy makers. Food insecurity is an issue that has engaged researchers, politicians, and donors in debate on how it could ... -
Growth And Flowering Of Clerodendrum Thomsonae Balf
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Agriculture, 1975)These investigations were conducted to determine the effect of growth regulators and environmental factors on the growth and flowering of Clerodendrum thomsonae Balf. "Wisconsin" clone. Whether terminal or stem-bud ... -
A Clinico-pathological Study Of Equine Trypanosomiasis
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology & Parasitology, 1995-03)In view of the paucity of information on the pathogenesis, pathology and diagnosis of equine trypanosomiasis, an outbreak which occurred in a herd of 36 horses on a farm at Thika, Kenya was investigated. In this outbreak, ... -
Epidemiology and control of Gastrointestinal Helminth infections in sheep in a semi-arid area of kajiado district of Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, 2002-12)Gastrointestinal helminth parasites impose severe economic constraints on sheep production worldwide. For rational and sustainable control of these parasites, comprehensive knowledge on the epidemiology of the parasite as ... -
Humoral responses of cattle to infestation by the Ixodid tick Rhipicephalus Appendlculatus (Neumann 1901)
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Fowl typhoid, the disease, immunity and control
(Department of Veterinary Pathology & Microbiology, 1987-04)Although vaccination against fowl typhoid is done widely in Kenya, some of the mechanisms pertaining to pathogenicity of Salmonella gallinavum isolates, their pathogenesis and the host's immune response to infection are ... -
Income and employment Generation in Kenyan small scale Agriculture
(University of Nairobi.Department of Agricultural Economics, 1981) -
Rehabilitation Of Soils Formerly Under Tea Using Phosphorus Sources As Soil Amendments
(University of Nairobi.Department of Plant Science & Crop protection, 1995)Soil chemical factors responsible for stagnation and/or decline in yields of tea (C . sinensis L.) failure of alternative crops such as field bean (p. Vulgaris L.) to establish in former tea soils and their amendments ... -
A Simulation Analysis Of Policies For The Northern Colombia Beef Cattle Industry
(University of Nairobi.Department of Agricultural Economics, 1974)The Atlantic Coast of northern Colombia (known as the Costa) supports between 40 and 50 percent of Colombia's cattle population and, with easy access to domestic and world markets, is the most important of Colombia's ...
