Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Influence of phosphorus application rates and placement on the nodulation, growth and yield of beans and soybeans grown at two nitrogen levels
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 1981) -
Weed control in four varieties of sweet corn with atrazine and cyanazine in combination with metolachlor, alachlor and pendimethalin
(University of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 1978) -
A morphological and morphometric study of the prosimian lung: the lesser bushbaby Galago senegalensis.
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1990)Among mammals, it is only in the order Primate that the extant members in fair measure present graded features approximating to the stages of the evolution from the early ancestral (prosimian) primates through to anthropoid ... -
Response of kenaf to some preemergence herbicides
(University of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 1977) -
Use of indigenous and contemporary knowledge on climate and drought forecasting information in Mwingi District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary services,, 1999) -
Weed control in corn with VEL 5052 and buthiazole (VEL 5026) applied alone, in combination, and in combination with atrazine or alachlor.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 1977) -
The effects of some preemergence herbicides and herbicide combinations on snapbeans and lima beans
(University of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 1977) -
Evaluation of smallholder farming system sustainability and potential for organic farming in Nakuru District, Kenya
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The morphology of the lung of a tropical terrestrial slug Trichotoxon copleyi (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata): A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi,, 1989)The lung of the slug Trichotoxon copleyi is located in the body mantle where it opens to the outside through an adjustable pneumostome situated on the right side. The respiratory surface of the lung is profusely vascularized ... -
The response of snapbeans and lima beans to some dinitroaniline herbicides
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Water use and water waste under traditional and non-traditional irrigation practices in the Gezira scheme, Sudan
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary services,, 1995) -
An outbreak of canine distemper in Nairobi
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, 1989) -
A new map of agroclimatic zones of Kenya
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary services,, 1983) -
Osmoregulatory and Respiratory Adaptations of Lake Magadi Fish (Alcolapia grahami)
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology & Parasitology, 2007) -
A stereological comparison of villous and microvillous surfaces in small intestines of frugivorous and entomophagous bats: species, inter-individual and craniocaudal differences
(Institute of Anatomy, University of Berne, Bühlstrasse 26, CH-3000, Berne 9, Switzerland,Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK, 1997)The extents of functional surfaces (villi, microvilli) have been estimated at different longitudinal sites, and in the entire small intestine, for three species of bats belonging to two feeding groups: insect- and ... -
The morphology and morphometry of the adult normal baboon lung (Papio anubis).
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1987)Numerous morphological studies on diverse aspects of the organisation of the mammalian lung notably in respect to structure, development, response to irritants and functional demands are currently available. Some of the ... -
Histological Reactions to Bites of Amblyomma variagatum and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) Fed Simultaneously on Naive or Sensitized Rabbits
(Entomological Society of AmericaDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy,University of Nairobi, 1990)Histopathological studies on attachment sites of nymphs, 48 h after attachment on three groups of rabbits, have revealed differences that were related to the rabbits'previous tick experience. Feeding lesions caused by ... -
SelectingRhizobium phaseoli strains for use with beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Kenya: Tolerance of high temperature and antibiotic resistance
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 1988-11)Forty one strains of Rhizobium phaseoli were screened for the ability to multiply at high temperatures on yeast extract-mannitol agar. Most strains were tolerant of 30°C, eight strains were tolerant of 45°C and two of 47°C ... -
A 3D digital reconstruction of the components of the gas exchange tissue of the lung of the muscovy duck, Cairina moschata
(WileySchool of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2005)To elucidate the shape, size, and spatial arrangement and association of the terminal respiratory units of the avian lung, a three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided voxel reconstruction was generated from serial plastic ... -
Managing manure heaps with agro-organic wastes and cover to reduce nitrogen losses during storage on smallholder farms
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 2007)Livestock manure is a valuable source of plant nutrients for crop production in the Central Kenyan highlands but its quality in terms of available nitrogen (N) is low due to considerable N losses through ammonia volatilization. ...
