Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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The Morphometry of the Lung of the African Lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus): Its Structural--Functional Correlations
(Department of Animal Physiology, University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1985)The lung of the African lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus has been investigated by morphometric techniques. The volume of the lung was strongly correlated with body mass. The exchange tissue made up about 50% of the lung. ... -
The morphology of the lung of a tropical terrestrial slug Trichotoxon copleyi (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata): A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study
(WileyDepartment 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 Economic Effects of Fair Employment Laws on Occupations: The Application of Information Theory to Evaluate Progress of Black Americans, 1954-1972
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The morphology of the lung of the African lungfish, Protopterus aethiopicus
(Springer-VerlagDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1987)The lung of the African lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus) is paired, long and cylindrical. It is situated on the dorsal aspect of the coelomic cavity ventral to the ribs. Much of the gas exchange tissue is found in the ... -
The morphology of the respiratory organs of the African air-breathing catfish (Clarias mossambicus): A light, electron and scanning microscopic study, with morphometric observations
(WileyDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Physiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1986)The morphology of the gas exchange organs of the African air-breathing catfish (Clarias mossambicus) (Peters) have been examined grossly, and by light, electron and scanning microscopes. The respiratory organs in Clarias ... -
Comparative morphology of the gastrointestinal tract of fruit and insect-eating bats
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1994) -
Na+ AND Cl~ EFFLUXES AND IONIC REGULATION IN TILAPIA GRAHAMI, A FISH LIVING IN CONDITIONS OF EXTREME ALKALINITY
(Department of Biological Sciences, The University, Dundee DDi 4HN, U.K.Department of Animal Physiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1981)The osmoregularity ability of the cichlid Tilapia grahami enables this fish to live in conditions of extreme alkalinity (Reite, Maloiy & Aashaug, 1974; Maloiy et al. 1978). In this paper we describe the ionic balance of ... -
A morphometric analysis of chloride cells in the gills of the teleosts Oreochromis alcalicus and Oreochromis niloticus and a description of presumptive urea-excreting
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi,, 1991)The chloride cells of the teleost gills have structurally and functionally been an extremely intriguing group of cells. Since they were first described by Keys & Willmer (1932), the biology of these cells has attracted ... -
A study of the morphology of the gills of an extreme alkalinity and hyperosmotic adapted teleost Oreochromis alcalicus grahami (Boulenger) with particular emphasis …
(Springer-VerlagDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiDepartment of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Califonia, 95616, Davis, California, USA, 1990)The general gill morphology of Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, a teleost adapted to high salinity and hyperosmosis, is basically similar to that of other teleostean fish. The species has four pairs of gill arches, all of ... -
Gill structure of a fish from an alkaline lake: effect of short-term exposure to neutral conditions
(Research PressDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1995)The morphology and morphometry of the gills of Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, a unique ureogenic teleost that lives in the alkaline environment of Lake Magadi, Kenya (pH 10, , temperature 30 – 40 °C) were examined by ... -
Respiratory Physiology of the Lake Magadi Tilapia (Oreochromis alcalicus grahami), a Fish Adapted to a Hot, Alkaline, and Frequently Hypoxic Environment
(The University of Chicago PressDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071Laboratoire de Morphologie Fonctionnelle et Ultrastructurale des Adaptations, Centre d'Ecologie et de Physiologie Energetique, CNRS, BP20CR, F-67037 Strasbourg cedex, France;Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Chiromo Campus, 1996)The tilapia Oreochromis alcalicus grahami is a unique ureotelic teleost, the only fish that lives in the alkaline hotsprings of Lake Magadi, Kenya. Physical condi- tions and fish behavior were monitored in the Fish ... -
A comparative allometric study of the morphometry of the gills of an alkalinity adapted cichlid fish,Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, of Lake Magadi, Kenya
(SpringerDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, L8S 4K1, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, 82071, Laramie, Wyoming, USA, 1996)A morphometric analysis of the gills ofOreochromis alcalicus grahami has been carried out on specimens from ecologically distinct lagoons and a water-holding tank of Lake Magadi, a highly alkaline salt lake situated in a ... -
The effects of temperature on muscle pH, adenylate and phosphogen concentrations in Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, a fish adapted to an alkaline hot-spring
(WileyDepartment of Animal Physiology, University of Nairobi,, 1983)The concentrations of phosphorylcreatine (PCr), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), adenosine monophosphate (AMP), inorganic phosphate (Pi), pyruvate and lactate were determined in freeze-clamped ... -
The supply responsiveness of wheat farmers in Kenya
(1986)This study shows how wheat farmers respond to price incentives in Trans-Nzoia, Uasin-Gishu, Nakuru, Narok and Nyandarua districts of Kenya. The prices are the annual and one-year lagged prices of wheat and other competing ... -
Aquatic and Aerial Respiration Rates, Muscle Capillary Supply and Mitochondrial Volume Density in the Airbreathing Catfish (Clarias Mossambigus) Acclimated to Either Aerated or Hypoxic Water
(Department of Animal Physiology, University of Nairobi,, 1983)Specimens of the African air-breathing catfish Clarias mossambicus were acclimated to either aerated (PwO2 15.3 KPa) or hypoxic (PwO2 2.4KPa) water for up to 27 days at 20 °C. Routine respiration rate for fish acclimated ... -
Testing a von Liebig Crop Response Function against Polynomial Specifications
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 1985)Crop responses to fertilizers traditionally have been specified as polynomial functions. Recently, criticisms were raised against such specifications because they force substitution between nutrients and overestimate the ... -
The thickness of avian blood-gas barrier: qualitative and quantitative observations.
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Liverpool,Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1982)Gas exchange in the avian lung takes place across a blood-gas barrier formed, as in other air-breathing vertebrates, by three essential components, an epithelial cell, a basal lamina, and an endothelial cell. The thickness ... -
Bean production in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science and Technology, 1980) -
Thermal performance of thermosyphon solar water heating systems assessed.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Food Science, Nutrition & technology, 1989) -
Reviewing safety aspects of steam boilers. “Kenya engineer''
(University of Nairobi.Department of Food Science, Nutrition & technology, 1990)
