Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Morphometrics of the avian lung. 4. The structural design of the charadriiform lung
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1987)The lungs of five charadriiform species of bird, two of which are good divers and three predominantly flyers (soarers and gliders) have been analysed by morphometric techniques. Largely the morphometric structural values ... -
Effect of increasing duration of water deprivation on feed intake, feed digestibility and body weight gain of Nganda sheep
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Morphometrics of the avian lung. 3. The structural design of the passerine lung
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1984)The lungs of 46 adult, wild passerine birds belonging to 8 species have been analysed morphometrically, both by light and electron microscope. Volumes were estimated by point counting, surface areas by intersection counting, ... -
Dryland husbandry for sustainable rangelands of Kenya
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Effects of Market Reforms on Irish Potato Price Volatility in Nyandarua District, Kenya
(2013)This paper evaluates the effects of market reform policies on the volatility of Irish potato prices in Kenya through an analysis of a 20 year monthly time series data set from Nyandarua district using an autoregressive ... -
Light microscopic morphometry of the lung of 19 avian species.
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1982)The lungs of 107 birds of 19 different species from seven orders were fixed in situ. The mean volumes of both fixed lungs together ranged from 0.15 to 95.31 cm3. Histological sections of one lung from each bird were analyzed ... -
A morphometric analysis of the lung of a species of bat.
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1982)The lungs of five adult Epauleted Fruit-bats (Epomophorus wahlbergi) of mean body weight 96 g were analysed morphometrically. The lung volume per unit body weight was 0.043 cm3/g, the surface area of the tissue barrier ... -
Morphometrics of the avian lung. 1. The domestic fowl (Gallus gallus variant domesticus).
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1982)The lungs of 5 domestic fowls have been analysed electron microscopically by standard morphometric methods. The anatomical diffusing capacity has been calculated from the relevant parameters. The blood-gas barrier consisted ... -
Morphometrics of the avian lung. 2. The wild mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and graylag goose (Anser anser).
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1982)The lungs of 5 wild mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) and 5 feral graylag geese (Anser anser) of mean body weight 1.04 and 3.84 kg, respectively, were fixed in situ by intratracheal infusion of 2.3% glutaraldehyde, pH 7.4 ... -
An allometric study of pulmonary morphometric parameters in birds, with mammalian comparisons
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1989)Comprehensive pulmonary morphometric data from 42 species of birds representing ten orders were compared with those of other vertebrates, especially mammals, relating the comparisons to the varying biological needs of these ... -
The lung of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae: a microscopic and morphometric study
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, University of Liverpool,, 1989)The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the only extant member of the family Dromaiidae and is the most widespread of Australian flightless birds (Cameron & Harrison, 1978). After the African ostrich (Struthio camelus), ... -
Fundamental structural aspects and features in the bioengineering of the gas exchangers: comparative perspectives.
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 2002)Over its life, an organism's survival and success are determined by the inventory of vital adaptations that its progenitors have creatively appropriated, devised and harnessed along the evolutionary pathway. Such conserved ... -
The morphology of the lung of the black mamba Dendroaspis polylepis (Reptilia: Ophidia: Elapidae). A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1989)The lung of a snake, the black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), has been investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. This species has only one lung, the right, which is long and occupies most of the ... -
A Morphometric Study of the Lungs of Different Sized Bats: Correlations between Structure and Function of the Chiropteran Lung
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, U.S.A.Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A., 1991)The lungs of four species of bats, Phyllostomus hastatus (PH, mean body mass, 98 g), Pteropus lylei (PL, 456 g), Pteropus alecto (PA, 667 g), and Pteropus poliocephalus (PP, 928 g) were analysed by morphometric methods. ... -
The structural functional correlation in the design of the bat lung. A morphometric study
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1984)The lungs of five species of bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Miniopterus minor (Peters), Tadarida mops (De Blainville), Cynopterus brachyotis (Muller) and Cheiromeles torquatus (Horstield) have been analysed by morphometric ... -
A morphometric study of the lung of a humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
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The morphology of the lung of the East African tree frog Chiromantis petersi with observations on the skin and the buccal cavity as secondary gas exchange organs.
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1989)The class Amphibia consists of three distinct Orders, the Anura - the tailless amphibians; the Urodela - the tailed amphibians, and the Apoda - the snake-like amphibians also called caecilians. The anurans inhabit both ... -
The structural design of the bat lung
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1986)
