Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Modelling banana growth and soil organic matter dynamics with the century model.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)The Century model was developed to simulate a banana re-establishment experiment in Mukono District, Uganda. Assumptions of assimilate allocation patterns between shoots, roots and bunches were necessary. The complex pattern ... -
Managing waterhyacinth invasion through integrated control and utilisation: perspectives for lake Victoria.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)Achieving control of the biological invasion of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Lake Victoria has become a major priority in East Africa. Water hyacinth was first introduced to Egypt in about 1890, but its spread ... -
Assessment of the efficiency of dairy cow evaluation methods.
(University of Nairobi, 2003)A total of 956 Friesian cows with multiple lactation records, spanning a period of 22 years (1966 to 1987), were genetically evaluated by computing four different indices for each animal (Kenya). The indices were Adjusted ... -
Small-scale dairy production: the Kenya experience.
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Cattle, goats, sheep and camel production on the range: the Kenya experience
(University of Nairobi, 1995)A discussion. Rangelands sustain about 76% of the total population of cattle, goats, sheep and camels in Kenya. The animals are owned mostly by nomads. The main activity in the region, pastoralism, is sustainable through ... -
Reproductive wastage and mortality as productivity components in dairying: an impact analysis method for sustained production systems.
(University of Nairobi, 1992)Data from the literature and the Kenya Milk Record Organisation and Livestock Recording Centre were input to an interactive computer program (PRY) to study the magnitude of changes in yields and product prices required to ... -
Antibacterial activity of isometamidium
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Effects of sodium chloride salinity on seed germination, seedling root and shoot extension growth of four sorghum, Sorghum bicolor cultivars.
(University of Nairobi, 1995)Seed germination and seedling root and shoot extension of 4 sorghum cultivars decreased with increasing salinity. Transfer of seeds that had not germinated in various salt treatments to distilled water, only slightly ... -
Leaf area development, dry weight accumulation and solar energy conversion efficiencies of Phaseolus vulgaris L. under different soil moisture levels near Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1999)Leaf area development, dry weight accumulation and solar energy conversion efficiencies of Phaseolus vulgaris cv. GLP-2 were investigated under two soil moisture levels in two contrasting seasons near Nairobi, Kenya. The ... -
Ecological studies of some grasslands in Kenya: structure and net primary productivity in four grassland [rangeland] ecosystems.
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Hypoglycemic effect of Helichrysum odoratissimum in alloxan induced diabetic mice
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Diabetes mellitus is a disease of antiquity with worrying global incidence and prevalence. Conventional management and/or treatment interventions have been hampered by drawbacks like high costs, i naccessibility, likelihood ... -
Clinical use of xylazine and ketamine in caprine anaesthesia.
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Indigenous chicken production in the South and South East Asia.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study documents the indigenous chicken (IC) production systems and subsequently assesses the contribution of the IC breeds/ecotypes to the livelihoods of farmers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. A total ... -
Evaluation of early calves' weaning diet as milk replacer for smallholder dairy production systems in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya are interested more in selling milk to earn income, especially during dry seasons when milk prices hike. This results in depressed calves' growth rates, high calf mortality rates, late ... -
Chemical composition, digestibility, and intake of Kenyan feedstuffs by ruminants. A review.
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Substitution of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) and bulrush millet (Pennisetum typhoides) for maize in broiler feeds
(University of Nairobi, 1984)Bulrush millet or finger millet was substituted for maize at 0, 20, 40 or 60% in both broiler starter and finisher feeds. The chicks fed on the bulrush millet diets had the highest overall bodyweight gain of 1649 g per ... -
The role of pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) marc in livestock nutrition - a review.
(University of Nairobi, 1989)This review concludes that pyrethrum marc has more potential as a livestock feed than most crop residues or agro-industrial byproducts. When fed at not more than 50% of total diet to sheep and dairy cows pyrethrum marc ... -
Prediction of the useful energy in tropical feeds from proximate composition and in vivo derived energetic contents. 1. Metabolisable energy.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)Multiple regression models were used to predict ME from the proximate composition of 345 tropical forages and 37 concentrates. ME was derived from published digestibility experiments with sheep and cattle. Linear, quadratic ... -
Metabolizable energy requirements for maintenance of Kenyan goats
(University of Nairobi, 1989)Twenty goats, aged 7 months and weighing between 13 and 18 kg, were given diets containing 0, 20, 40 and 60% coffee pulp and hay ad libitum for 20 weeks. Metabolizable energy (ME) intake was estimated in vitro during 12- ... -
Coffee pulp: some indices of nutritional importance.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)Coffee pulp contained metabolizable energy 11 MJ/kg DM, a value that is about double that in grasses and 75% that in cereal grains. The high percentage of hulls in the pulp lowered its nutritive value as hulls were high ...