Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Suspected sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever in a zero-grazed dairy herd in Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of NairobiDepartment of clinical studies, University of Nairobi, 2000)An outbreak of a disease characterised by very high mortality occurred in a group of nine calves (1-4 months old) in a zero-grazing unit 2-3 weeks after an introduction of an apparently healthy alien sheep into the calf ... -
Aboveground Net Primary Productivity in Grazed and Ungrazed pastures: Grazing Optimisation Hypothesis or Local Extinction of Vegetation Species
(KLEE PublicationUniversity of Nairobi, Department of Land Resourc e Management and Agricultural Technology, Range Management SectionMpala Research CentreUniversity of California – Davis, Department of D epartment of Plant Sciences, CA 9516 U.S.A, 2009)The controversy that has surrounded herbivory studies in the last few decades prompted our investigation to establish the extent to which herbivore optimisation hypothesis or compensatory growth evidence is real. We used ... -
Renal function and electrolyte balance during dehydration in the hyrax
(University of Nairobi, 1976-09)The rock hyrax has been shown to have a very unusual and complex digestive tract. The gastrointestinal tract is comparable to that of the simple and complex stomach of mammals as well as to that of birds. Determinations ... -
Questionnaire survey on urban and peri-urban livestock farming practices and disease control in Kisumu municipality, Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2010-06)To characterise the urban livestock keeping practices and constraints in Kisumu municipality, Kenya, a questionnaire survey was carried out. Thirty-four contact farmers were interviewed on general farm characteristics and ... -
Preliminary findings from an experimental study of caprine besnoitiosis in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1993)Inoculation of cystozoites obtained from natural, chronic cases of caprine besnoitiosis produced clinical disease in goats but not in rabbits, mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats or cattle. Histological examination of tissue ... -
Characterisation of Theileria parva isolates from Kiambu district, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2004-05)Four Theileria parva isolates from Muguga area of Kiambu district, Kenya, were used to establish schizont-infected cell lines. Their protein antigens were then separated by sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel ... -
Comparative studies on digestion and fermentation rate in the fore-stomach of the one-humped camel and the Zebu steer
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An electron microscopic study of the chorioallantoic placenta and the subplacenta of the cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus temminck)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1984)The ultrastructure of the cane rat chorio-allantoic placenta has been studied. In its thinnest regions the interhaemal membrane is composed of a single layer of syncytiotrophoblast, a common basal lamina, and the fetal ... -
Social anthropological aspects of onchocercal skin disease in Nebbi District, Uganda
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Vetinary Anatomy, 1995)In providing health care, the busy medical practitioner often lacks the I-You quality of the personal experience of illness. This paper reports the perceptions, beliefs and practices of persons living in a hyperendemic ... -
pH, Salinity and Temperature Tolerance of Lake Magadi Tilapia
(University of Nairobi, 1974-01)THERE are several species of Tilapia isolated in the alkaline lakes of the Great Rift Valley of Africa, living in extreme conditions of temperature, salinity and pH. One of these fish, the Lake Magadi Tilapia (Tilapia ... -
Oozing ostrich egg: omphalitis caused by Enterobacter sp.
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Immunohistological demonstration of antigenicity of the various endogenous stages of Eimeria apsheronica in goats.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1994)Ten naive goat kids obtained soon after birth were reared coccidia-free in cages indoors. At one month of age they were each infected with 25,000 oocysts of E. apsheronica. Infection was monitored by examining the faeces ... -
Immunohistological confirmation of a diagnosis of rinderpest from a recent natural outbreak
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1990)Diagnosis of an outbreak of rinderpest in cattle, in which attempts to isolate the virus in tissue culture were unsuccessful, was confirmed with the peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique. -
Non-invasive diagnosis of tropical splenomegaly syndrome.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Vetinary Anatomy, 1995)A study of 41 clinically diagnosed cases of possible tropical splenomegaly syndrome (TSS) was undertaken in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, to determine the appropriateness of liver ultrasonography in confirming a diagnosis ... -
The relationship between coccidial and helminth infections in sheep and goats in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.University of Nairobi, Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Kabete, Kenya, 1993-12)Studies on prevalence of coccidian oocysts and their infection levels (oocysts g-1, OPG) were carried out among various age groups of sheep and goats from different geographical locations in Kenya. Prevalent species of ... -
Impacts of management and enclosure age on recovery of the herbaceous rangeland vegetation in semi-arid Kenya
(Elsevier,Ghent University, Laboratory of Soil Science (WE13), Krijgslaan 281/S8, B-9000 Gent, BelgiumUniversity of Nairobi, Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology – Range Management Section P.O. Box 29053-00625, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Establishment of seasonal grazing enclosures has become an important rangeland rehabilitation strategy in semi-arid regions. This study assessed the impact of enclosure age and enclosure management on the vegetation ... -
Genetic Basis, Transferability And Linkage Of Streptomycin And Sulphonamide Resistance Genes In Escherichia Coli From Food Animals In Kenya
(2008)The genetic basis and transferability of streptomycin and sulphonamide resistance was studied in 23 Escherichia coli isolates from food animals in Kenya. Physical linkage of the streptomycin resistance gene strA with ... -
Peripubrtal Plasma Progesterone Patterns in Ethiopian Menz Ewe Lambs
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, 1993)Plasma progesterone concentrations were determined every 10 days for 38 grazing Menz ewe lambs from weaning (93 ± 7 d) until conception. Lambs were either fedextra supplementary concentrates and/or drenched for endoparasites. ... -
Eimeria apsheronica in the goat: endogenous development and host cellular response.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1990-08)Most first generation schizonts of Eimeria apsheronica developed in the jejunum; others were distributed throughout the small intestine and occasionally in the caecum. Some were also found in the mesenteric lymph nodes, ... -
Occurrence of filaria in domestic dogs of Samburu pastoralists in Northern Kenya and its associations with canine distemper
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2011-12)Samples of blood (serum, smears and blood preserved with ethanol) were collected from dogs during a vaccination campaign in northern Kenya in the years 2006 and 2007. Blood was screened for filarial parasites using molecular ...
