Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Combining geo-referenced survey data with agroclimatic attributes to characterize maize production systems in Kenya
(1998)Data from the nationwide survey of maize farmers were combined with other spatial data to refine the initial classification of maize adaptation zones and characterize maize production systems in Kenya. Analyses of the ... -
Effect of treatment with formaldehyde and formic acid on immunoglobulin content of stored bovine colostrum
(Department of Animal Production, University of Nairobi, 1997)Colostrum was collected from the first postpartum milking of German Black Pied cows. Four independent pools of colostrum were made and the following preservation methods replicated in each pool, viz. formaldehyde treatment, ... -
Effects of temperature on growth, food uptake and retention time of juvenile nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
(Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of NairobiDepartment of Physiology and Nutrition, Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, 1991)1. The body growth, food uptake and gastro-intestinal passage time were studied in juvenile Nile crocodiles kept at different temperature regimes. Group A was kept at 30°C, group B at 30 and 25°C for 12 hr each and group ... -
Effects of breed and castration on slaughter weight and carcass composition of goats
(1992)Sixty-seven male goats were used to determine the effects of Toggenburg (T) and Anglo-Nubian (N) sire breeds, East African (E) and Galla (G) dam breeds, and castration on carcass characteristics. Breed crosses were T×E, ... -
Application of pure cultures on the fermentation of uji (an east african sour cereal porridge).
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The Contamination of Kenyan Lager Beers with Fusarium Mycotoxins
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2004)Seventy five samples of two popular lager beers, namely Pilsner and Tusker were randomly collected from the city of Nairobi and the surrounding satellite towns in Kenya. The samples were analyzed for the presence of 4 ... -
Controlled Polymerization of Substituted Diacetylene Self-Organized Monolayers Confined in Molecule Corrals
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2005)We have shown that STM-tip-induced chain polymerization of 10,12-tricosadiynoic acid (TCDA) in a self-organized monolayer at the liquid−solid interface of TCDA on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite is possible. The oligomers ... -
Effect of drying lactic fermented uji (an East African sour porridge) on some carboxylic acids
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2000-10)Maize, finger millet, cassava, maize–finger millet and cassava–finger millet flours were fermented and sun-, cabinet-, or drum-dried. Total titratable acidity (TTA), fixed acidity (FA), pH and carboxylic acids were determined. ... -
The Food Security Equation: What is the Role of Gender and Social Amenities in this Paradigm? A Focus on Rural Households in Yala division, Siaya district, Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004)Food security remains a key challenge to the development efforts of most poor nations. This study investigated the significance of gender (denoted by number of male, female and children in a household) and social amenities ... -
Determinants of technical efficiency in beef cattle production in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012-08)The stochastic metafrontier method is applied to estimate technical efficiency levels in beef cattle production in Kenya. Subsequently, a Tobit model is used to assess factors that might influence efficiency. Results show ... -
Improving Drought Tolerance in Sorghum bicolor L. Moench Marker-Assisted Transfer of the Stay-Green Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) rom a CharacterizedDonor Source into a Local Farmer Variety
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2013-04-19)Drought stress is a major constraint to sorghum production in Kenya, especially during flowering stage. This study aimed at developing drought tolerant sorghum varieties by transferring the stay green trait that confers ... -
Poor hosts of root knot nematodes and their application as rotation crops in okra production
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 2010)The response of 21 different crop plants to a mixed population of root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne javanica and M. incognita, and their potential for use as nematode suppressive crops was evaluated in greenhouse and field ... -
Challenges to Organic Farming and Sustainable Land Use
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Effects of growth regulators and genotypes on pyrethrum In vitro
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 2005-04)The effects of growth regulators on culture response of different pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium Vis.) genotypes were investigated. In the genotype Sb/66/107, the presence of 2,4-dichorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) ... -
Risk Management in Smallholder Cattle Farming: A Hypothetical Insurance Approach in Western Kenya
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Identification of carbohydrates on Eimeria stiedai sporozoites and their role in the invasion of cultured cells in vitro
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1999-02)The carbohydrates present on Eimeria stiedai sporozoites and their functional role in the process of invasion of host cells were examined. Lectin-binding sites on the surface of sporozoites were detected by means of ... -
Environment and farm factors associated with exposure to Theileria parva infection in cattle under traditional mixed farming system in Mbeere District, Kenya.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 2011-01)The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between seroprevalence to Theileria parva infection in cattle and potential environmental and farm-level effects in 80 farms under traditional crop-livestock ... -
Classification and influence of agricultural information on striga and stemborer control in Suba and Vihiga Districts, Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2008-11)This paper reports on findings of a study to examine the sources used by farmers in search of agricultural information on striga and/or stemborers control technologies and factors that influence acquisition of such information ... -
Marketing efficiency, pricing and policy implications: a case study of milk marketing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1992)This case study examines the marketing system for fresh liquid milk in Addis Ababa and its environs (i.e. the catchment area for fresh milk within a 130 km. radius of the city of Addis Ababa) from the retail end of the ... -
Relative efficiency of alternative dairy marketing systems in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia based on household purchase patterns
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1994)This report presents the findings of the study of the dairy marketing systems that cater primarily for the consuming households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study is part of a series of studies of dairy marketing systems ...
