Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Seasonal availability of gastrointestinal nematode larvae to cattle on pasture in the central highlands of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2002-06)The type and level of infective strongylid nematode larvae on pasture were monitored fortnightly from July 1995 to June 1996 in the central highlands of Kenya. The number of larvae on pasture was moderate, reaching > 1,200 ... -
Antimicrobial resistance patterns and plasmid profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from milk and meat
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2000)To determine the frequency of resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to various antimicrobial agents, and the relationship between antimicrobial resistance of the isolates and carriage of plasmids. A random sampling of ... -
Multiple anthelmintic resistance on a goat farm in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1988-02)The anthelmintic efficacy of benzimidazoles, levamisole, rafoxanide and ivermectin was evaluated on an institutional farm in Kenya using faecal egg count reduction test, larval cultures and a controlled slaughter trial. ... -
Beef and dressed chickens as sources of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus in Nairobi
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1992)Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) isolates from beef carcasses, minced beef, and dressed chicken were assayed for production of enterotoxin A, B, C and D using reverse passive agglutination technique. The highest isolation ... -
Raw milk as a source of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus and enterotoxins in consumer milk.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1992-03)Staphylococcus aureus strains were isolated from 183 of 300 raw milk samples collected at the Kenya Co-operative Creamery (Dandora). 97 of these 183 trains were assayed for the production of enterotoxin A, B, C and D. ... -
Multiple and multigeneric anthelmintic resistance on a sheep farm in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1998-06)The anthelmintic efficacy of benzimidazoles (albendazole, fenbendazole and oxfendazole), levamisole, oral ivermectin and closantel was evaluated on a farm in Kenya using faecal egg count reduction test, larval cultures and ... -
Effect of urea-molasses block supplementation on grazing weaner goats naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2004-12)The influence of feeding urea-molasses blocks (UMB) on growth and gastrointestinal (GI) nematode parasitism of weaner goats grazing the same pasture was investigated on a farm in Nyandarua District, Kenya. Thirty female ... -
Impact of Mastitis Control Measures on Milk Production and Mastitis Indicators in Smallholder Dairy Farms in Kiambu District, Kenya
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1999-12)Bovine mastitis and mastitis control were investigated on smallholder farms in central Kenya. After an initial observational study, a clinical trial to assess the impact of three different mastitis control strategies – (1) ... -
A longitudinal study of milk somatic cell counts and bacterial culture from cows on smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District, Kenya
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1996-11)As part of an integrated study on health and production of dairy cattle on smallholder farms in central Kenya, quarter-milk samples, survey and production data were collected monthly for one year from 210 lactating cows ... -
Geohelminth Infections among pregnant women in rural western Kenya; a cross-sectional study.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2009)BACKGROUND: Geohelminth infections are common in rural western Kenya, but risk factors and effects among pregnant women are not clear. METHODOLOGY: During a community-based cross-sectional survey, pregnant women were ... -
Occurrence of 'thermophilic'campylobacters in sewage and their removal by treatment processes
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1988-10)Removal of thermophilic campylobacters from sewage at three different stages of treatment at a trickling filter sewage works has been assessed. Samples of incoming sewage, primary sedimentation effluent and final effluent ... -
Streptococcal meningitis in a five-month-old male lamb
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Economic assessment of the performance of trypanotolerant cattle breeds in a pastoral production system in Kenya
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 2009)Cattle are the major source of food security and income for pastoral farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. However, infectious and parasitic diseases remain a major constraint to improved cattle productivity in the region. The ... -
Effects of pH on distribution of Listeria ribotypes in corn, hay, and grass silage.
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1997-09)Listeria app, isolated from 13 of 129 (10%) corn silage samples, 21 of 76 (28%) hay silage samples, and 3 of 5 (60%) grass silage samples during a previous Vermont survey were subjected to automated ribotype (RT) analysis. ... -
Specific and shared antigenic components of Taenia saginata oncospheres.
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 1989)Taenia saginata oncosphere components were analysed by double diffusion. Antigenic components in saline or detergent (Triton x-100) extracts of T saginata oncospheres were identified using a rabbit polyclonal serum directed ... -
Diversity of Listeria ribotypes recovered from dairy cattle, silage, and dairy processing environments
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1997-07)Listeria strains isolated over the past 10 years from farms and dairy processing environments were subjected to strain-specific ribotyping using the automated Riboprinter microbial characterization system, alpha version ... -
Efficacy of morantel sustained release trilaminate bolus against gastrointestinal nematodes in grazing dairy calves in Kenya
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 1997)The efficacy of morantel sustained release trilaminate (MSRT) bolus against gastrointestinal nematodes was evaluated under field conditions over a 10-month period. Twenty weaner calves were randomly divided into 2 groups ... -
Recovery of different Listeria ribotypes from naturally contaminated, raw refrigerated meat and poultry products with two primary enrichment media.
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1996)Isolation rates for Listeria monocytogenes and the other Listeria spp. typically improve when samples are enriched in more than one primary enrichment medium. This study evaluated the abilities of two primary enrichment ... -
Two Theileria parva CD8 T cell antigen genes are more variable in buffalo than cattle parasites, but differ in pattern of sequence diversity.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2011-04)BACKGROUND: Theileria parva causes an acute fatal disease in cattle, but infections are asymptomatic in the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Cattle can be immunized against the parasite by infection and treatment, but ... -
The effects of ivermectin on onchocercal skin disease and severe itching: results of a multicentre trial
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Vetinary Anatomy, 2002)objective To determine the effects of ivermectin in annual, 3-monthly and 6-monthly doses on onchocercal skin disease (OSD) and severe itching. method A multicentre, double-blind placebo controlled trial was conducted ...
