Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Hygiene Knowledge, Practices and Microbial Safety of Mixed Vegetable Salads Sold in the Streets of Pipeline Ward, Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Street foods are those sold outside in the public place without a permanent structure and are most often ready to eat. However, ready-to-eat foods are a source of contamination and can transmit foodborne diseases. This ... -
Analysis of Institutional Dynamics and Their Influence on Livestock Export Trade in the Berbera Corridor of Somaliland
(University of Nairobi, 2020)In the last four decades, Somalia’s economy has evolved from a centralised economy under socialist institutions to a largely stateless and deregulated economy that has attracted interest from scholars. Some scholars have ... -
Assessment Of Livestock Farmers’ Preferences For Integration Of Community-Owned Resource Persons And Interrelationships In Animal Trypanosomiasis Management Methods In Kwale County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Animal trypanosomiasis is a major constraint to livestock production and a threat to food security in most parts of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). Smallholder cattle producers are particularly affected because access to veterinary ... -
Household Food And Nutrition Security Among Women In Peri- Urban Areas: A Case Of Mathare Informal Settlement In Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Food and Nutrition insecurity remains a challenge in Kenya today. The situation in the urban slums is becoming serious and requires urgent action to cub its progress. Factors that can currently be associated with household ... -
Genetic Diversity And Population Abundance Of The Wild Penaeid Shrimps Of Malindi–Ungwana Bay In Kenya: Implications For Aquaculture And Conservation
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Penaeid shrimps have recently become one of the most valuable fishery resources in Malindi–Ungwana Bay in the north coast of Kenya that resulted to the adoption of a Prawn Fisheries Management Plan 2010. The genetic diversity ... -
Reproductive Hormones And Reproductive Success In Yellow Baboons (Papio Cynocephalus) And Yellow-Olive (Papio Anubis) Hybrids In The Amboseli Ecosystem, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Several baboon species in the genus Papio exhibit distinct ranges across Africa. Where those ranges meet, hybridization occurs, contributing to genetic diversity and structuring in these species. Hybridization between ... -
Bacterial Carriage And Respective Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles, With Respect To Indigenous Chickens Marketed In Nairobi, Kenya; After Heavy Rains
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Indigenous chickens are mostly raised free-range, where they scavenge around, picking their food from the environment with little or no supplementation. During periods of heavy rains, the flooding water carries different ... -
Influence Of Management On Welfare And Performance Of Broiler Chickens In Small Scale Intensive Production Systems In Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)In Kenya, commercial broiler production is developing rapidly due to increasing demand for poultry meat and higher income for farmers. It is one of the popular animal enterprises and is ranked second to dairy farming in ... -
Nutritional Status Of Young Children And Risk Factors Among Refugees And Host Population In Bidi Bidi Settlement, Yumbe District, Uganda.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)About 25.4 million people worldwide are living as refugees of whom 1.36 million are resident in Uganda. Uganda is the largest refugee host in Africa and third globally. The burden of refugees’ presence on the host population ... -
Influence of Grazing Management Practices and Topographic Positions on Vegetation Attributes, Soil Organic Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Semi-arid Rangelands of Laikipia County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Semi-arid rangelands of Kenya have been managed through grazing for many years. This has influenced the landscape in terms of vegetation attributes such as species diversity, richness, composition, and abundance. Furthermore, ... -
An Economic Assessment of the Factors That Influence Smallholder Farmer Participation in Export Markets as a Case of High Value Mango Markets in Southern Ghana
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Market participation is critical to the development of smallholder agricultural production because it stimulates increased productivity and enhances poverty alleviation. The levels of access to and participation in high ... -
An Assessment of Smallholder Livestock Keepers’ Willingness-to-pay for Cattle Insurance Attributes in Botswana: the Case of Central District
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Botswana’s livestock sector accounts for about 70 percent of foreign exchange earned from the agriculture sector. Livestock is a major source of income, employment and provides a store of wealth to many low and unskilled ... -
Impact of Rural and Community Bank Credit Access on Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Cassava Farmers in Fanteakwa District of Ghana
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Cassava is an important staple food in Ghana, both in terms of quantity produced and quantity consumed. Increases in the output of the crop, in recent years, have been attributed to increases in land size rather than ... -
Effects of Ricinus Communis Linneaus (Euphorbiaceae) Extracts on Leishmania Major Promastigotes and on Infected Balb/c Mice
(University of Nairobi, 1998)The effect of castor oil plant seed oil fractionally extracted with diethyl-ether and the aqueous extracts of its leaves was tested in vitro on Leishmania major (Yorkimov and Schokor, 1913) promastigotes and in vivo on ... -
The Efficacy of Vegetable Oils as Surface Protect Ants on Seeds of the Common Bean Phaseolus Vulgaris L., Against the Bean Bruchid Acanthoscelides Obtectus (Say) (Coleoptera:bruchidae) Infestation
(University of Nairobi, 1986)Six vegetable oils namely, castor oil, clove oil, maize germ oil, almond oil, olive oil and mustard oil, each at the dose of 8 ml/kg of bean seed Phaseolus vulgaris L., Rose-coco GLP-288 variety were applied on the seed ... -
Potential Effects of Climate Change on Tritrophic Interactions in Crucifer Farming Systems of Mount Kilimanjaro and Taita Hills
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Diamondback moth (DBM) (Plutella xylostella L.), a pest of cruciferous vegetables worldwide, is resistant to major groups of insecticides, and attention has shifted to biological control using parasitoids. However, DBM and ... -
Establishment and Efficacy of Stem Borer Biological Control Agents Released in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Agriculture dominates the economy of most African countries with most farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa growing mainly maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor Moench.). However, production of these crops is greatly ... -
Development of Protein and Mineral Enriched Cassava Root-millet-cowpea Leaves Composite Flour From Selected Popular Cassava Varieties in Kilifi and Taita-taveta Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Food and nutrition insecurity is a major challenge in Kenya today and especially at the Kenyan coast (Kilifi and Taita-Taveta counties). Cassava roots a drought resistant crop rich in carbohydrates is grown at the Kenyan ... -
Sero-prevalence and Risk Factors of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis in the Smallholder Dairy Farms of Naari Sub-location of Meru County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The aim of the study was to analyze the sero-prevalence and risk factors of the Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis disease among organized small holder dairy farms in the Naari area of Meru County, Kenya. A cross-sectional ... -
Economic Impact and Risk Factors Associated With Lumpy Skin Disease Outbreaks in Cattle Farms in Nakuru County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is spreading rapidly to previously disease-free areas causing enormous economic losses. The factors that favour its spread are not extensively studied in the tropics. This study was carried out in ...
