Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Related to Microbial Safety Among Street Poultry Processors in Embakasi, Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Microbial contamination on poultry meat poses safety concerns to consumers and on commercial view, spoilage bacteria also play a bigger role towards economic losses. Control may depend on the awareness and behavioral traits ... -
Assessing the Influence of Adoption and Use of Modern Honeyextracting Technologies on Household Income of Smallholder Beekeeping Farmers in Baringo County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Beekeeping has remained traditional with honey the major commodity being harvested from log hives and the wild. Previous empirical work, have paid attention on pre-harvest technologies, little information is known on ... -
Farmers’ Perceptions and Preferences for Commercial Insect-based Feed in Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Feed accounts for at least 70 percent of chicken production costs due to the expensive protein ingredients of soybean and fishmeal (SFM) that are key in commercial feed formulation. Expensive feed has seen chicken farmers ... -
Efficacy of Plasma Technology in Eliminating Fungi and Aflatoxins in Maize in Makueni and Baringo Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Maize (Zea mays var. indentata L.) is the most important food security crop in Kenya and plays an important role in human nutrition. Over the years, there has been increased concern over the rising cases of aflatoxin ... -
An Analysis of Effect of Use of Tacit Knowledge Transfer Techniques on Organizational Performance of Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Researchers
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Tacit knowledge (TK) transferred among employees drives organizations’ effectiveness. However, it is not clear how use of TK transfer techniques affects the performance of agricultural researchers, and how social and ... -
Epidemiology of Trypanosoma Infections in Cattle and Glossina Flies at the Human-wildlife-livestock Interface of Akagera National Park, Rwanda
(University of Nairobi, 2022)African Trypanosomosis is a major neglected tropical disease of animals and humans in low resource settings in Africa. The disease is cyclically transmitted by Glossina (tsetse flies) spp. and mechanically by biting flies ... -
Anti-inflammatory, Analgesic, and Cytotoxic Effects of the Phytexponent Preparation: a Polyherbal Formulation
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Pain and inflammation are the commonest manifestations of various pathologies, and are associated with high morbidities, debility, and economic strife globally, especially in underdeveloped regions of sub-Saharan Africa. ... -
Novel Sources of the Stay Green Trait in Sorghum and Its Introgression Into Farmer Preferred Varieties for Improved Drought Tolerance
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Drought is an important abiotic stress in the tropics that highly constrains sorghum production. Sorghum landraces and wild relatives have been known to harbor sources of novel genes but there is hardly any information ... -
Smallholder Farmers’ Household Savings and Their Influence on Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies in Nyando Basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Adoption of CSA technologies present an opportunity where smallholder farmers can not only be climate change resilient but also increase their agricultural productivity and incomes. Despite their proven benefits, the ... -
Effect of inclusion of enzymatically pre-treated Sunflower Meal and Wheat Middlings in Broiler chicken diets
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study investigated 1) the effect of in vitro pre-treatment of sunflower meal (SM) and wheat middlings (WM) using fiber degrading enzymes (FDE) without or with protease on mono-sugars release, organic acid concentration ... -
Bovine Mastitis: Establishing Bacterial Diversity, Associated Risk Factors, and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of the Isolates in Embu and Kajiado Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Bovine mastitis is one of the most important global diseases of cattle in which it adversely affects animal and human health, quality and quantity of milk, and the economics of almost every country. Despite the global ... -
Determination of Optimum Harvesting Time and Development of Cassava Root- Leaf Flakes With Improved Protein, Minerals and Vitamins
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The current study intended to bridge a gap where coastal Kenya contributes up to 27% of the cassava produced nationally, yet remains highly insecure in terms of food and nutrition. This is at an interface of scientific ... -
Effect of inclusion of enzymatically pre-treated Sunflower Meal and Wheat Middlings in Broiler chicken diets
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study investigated 1) the effect of in vitro pre-treatment of sunflower meal (SM) and wheat middlings (WM) using fiber degrading enzymes (FDE) without or with protease on mono-sugars release, organic acid concentration ... -
Efficacy of Dietary Intervention and Psychosocial Management for Depression Care Among Perinatal Women in Urban Low-income Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Depression is the most common mental health problem affecting women during pregnancy and after childbirth. Simultaneously, nutritional deficiencies are common in pregnancy, and after child birth. Poor nutrition has been ... -
Fusarium Species and Fumonisin in Atoxigenic Aspergillus Flavus (Aflasafe Ke01) Treated Maize Fields in Lower Eastern Kenya University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Contamination of crops with fumonisin leads to huge losses in cereals and negatively impacts on human health, animal productivity and international trade. Management of fumonisin contamination in maize has been a challenge ... -
Sustainable Water Storage Infrastructure for Irrigated Agriculture: a Case of Gatundu Sub-counties, Kiambu County
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Water stands as the ultimate limiting factor to Kenyans. Besides, it stands as the primary force that exacerbates soils degradations and significant land degradation. Drought and prolonged periods of dryness are the most ... -
Influence of Smallholder Farmers’ Management Practices on Soil Organic Carbon in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Declining soil organic carbon (SOC) content among smallholder farmers is mainly attributed to different agricultural management practices. A plethora of literature is available on research that has been done on the effect ... -
Quality of Organic Resource Influence on Soil Nitrous Oxide (N2o) Emission Under Maize (Zea Mays L.) Based Cropping System
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) has been recommended to address challenges of low soil fertility, by incorporating locally available organic resources (ORs) together with inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizers. ... -
Effect of Land Use Types and Soil Macrofauna on Soil Aggregate Stability and Carbon Storage in the Central Highlands of Kenya
(Uon, 2021)Changes from natural forests and bush lands to various land use types has been shown to have great influence on soil structure and carbon storage. However, little is still known about how these changes affect soil aggregate ... -
Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years and Associated Risk Factors in Banadir Hospital Mogadishu, Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Young children and newborns are especially more susceptible to malnutrition because of their high dietary demands for growth and development. Many child survival programs by the Somalia Government, bilateral agencies and ...
