Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Prevalence and significance for maternal nutrition in Ethiopia
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition & Technology, 1998-03)A cross-sectional study of the nutritional significance of food aversions and cravings during pregnancy was conducted on 295 women in southern Ethiopia between February and May 1995. A questionnaire was used to collect ... -
Effect of tempe-yellow maize porridge and milk-yellow maize porridge on growth rate, diarrhoea and duration of rehabilitation of malnourished children.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science, Nutrition & Technology, 1996)The diet for 117 protein-energy-malnourished children admitted into the Mbooni Family Life Training Centre between November 1992 and March 1993, was supplemented with either tempe-yellow maize porridge (TYMP) or milk-yellow ... -
Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science, Nutrition & Technology, 2003)Objective: To determine the impact of vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity and nutritional status. Design: A community based follow-up (interventional) in nature. Setting: Two randomly selected Weredas (districts) ... -
Ionoregulatory strategies and the role of urea in the Magadi tilapia (Alcolapia grahami)
(2002)The unique ureotelic tilapia Alcolapia grahami lives in the highly alkaline and saline waters of Lake Magadi, Kenya (pH ~10.0, alkalinity ~380 mmol·L 1, Na+ ~350 mmol·L 1, Cl ~110 mmol·L 1, osmolality ~580 mosmol·kg 1). ... -
Obligatory urea production and the cost of living in the Magadi tilapia revealed by acclimation to reduced salinity and alkalinity
(2002)Alcolapia grahami is a unique ureotelic tilapia that lives in the highly alkaline, saline Lake Magadi, Kenya (pH, approximately 10.0; alkalinity, approximately 380 mmol L(-1); Na(+), approximately 350 mmol L(-1); Cl(-), ... -
Physiological adaptations of the gut in the Lake Magadi tilapia, Alcolapia grahami, an alkaline- and saline-adapted teleost fish
(Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, USACentre d'Ecologie et de Physiologie Energétiques, FranceDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiDivision of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, USADepartment of Chemistry, Wildlife Forensic DNA Laboratory, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2003)We describe the gut physiology of the Lake Magadi tilapia (Alcolapia grahami), specifically those aspects associated with feeding and drinking while living in water of unusually high carbonate alkalinity (titratable base=245 ... -
Impact of climate change on human-wildlife conflicts in East Africa
(2011)Climate change is a phenomenon that is already happening and in some areas of Africa it is taking place at an alarming rate. Climate change is expected to cause an increase in weather-related disasters and extreme weather ... -
The relationship of serum estradiol and progesterone concentrations to the enzyme immunoassay measurements of urinary estrone conjugates and immunoreactive pregnanediol-3-glucuronide in Macaca mulatta
(1990)Paired urine and serum samples from four conceptive and six nonconceptive ovarian cycles of seven adult Macaca mullatta were analyzed by radioimmunoassay (RIA) for circulating estradiol (E2) and progesterone (Po), and ... -
Foetal membranes and placenta of the springhare (Pedetes capensis larvalis Hollister)
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1992)The foetal membranes and placenta of the East African springhare from the embryonic disc stage to mature stage are described. Implantation is superficial and central. A massive preplacenta is evident before the chorioallantoic ... -
Holoprosencephaly in a long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis): A case report
(California Regional Primate Research Center, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1994)A long-tailed macaque fetus with ethmocephaly, alobar holoprosencephaly, and arhinia is reported. This fetus was exposed to an antiprogestational agent, RU 486 (2.5 mg/kg intramuscular, once daily), during gestational days ... -
The effect of the anti-progestin ru 486 on early pregnancy in the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
(1989)The efficacy of various doses of RU 486 in terminating pregnancy before and after the luteal-placental shift (LPS) in the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) was assessed through sonographic examination and measurements ... -
Fetal membranes and placenta of the african green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops)
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiInstitute of Primate Research, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California, 1989)This study examined developmental changes in fetal membranes and placenta of Cercopithecus aethiops from a Carnegie developmental stage 12 embryo to nearterm fetuses. Ultrastructurally, yolk sac cells (endoderm and ... -
Ultrastructure of the chorioallantoic placenta of the springhare (Pedetes capensis larvalis Hollister)
(Department of veterinary Anatomy And Physiology, 1985)The ultrastructure of the springhare placenta (Pedetes capensis larvalis) has been described. The interhemal membrane consists of the fetal capillary endothelium, syncytial trophoblast and maternal capillary endothelium ... -
Early placentation in the African green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops)
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiInstitute of Primate Research, NairobiCalifornia Primate Research CenterDepartment of Human Anatomy, University of California, 1986)Placentation in the green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) from gestational ages of 18–30 days was studied by light and electron microscopy. The placentae show many features in common with that of the rhesus monkey and other ... -
Structure of fish locomotory muscle
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Chronic respiratory disease (CRD).
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1995)