Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Massai indigenous Knowledge on Range vegetation analysis, Utilization and management
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 2001)A participatory vegetation inventory and research was conducted in Mashuuru Division, Kajiado District of Kenya, with an overall objective of capturing the indigenous knowledge of the Maasai pastoralist community on ... -
Land Use and Spatial Distribution of Two Gum And Incense Producing Tree Species In The Blue-nile Valley of Wogidi District, Ethiopia
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 2003)The study was conducted in the Blue-Nile valley of Wogidi district in Ethiopia, where woody vegetation degradation associated with intensive land use activities has become a national concern. It was undertaken with an ... -
The Impact of Rangeland Condition and Trend to the Grazing Resources of a Semi-arid Environment in Kenya
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 2005)ABSTRACT A research study was conducted in Mashuru Division of Kajiado District, Kenya with the objective of analyzing the types of vegetation degradation, their causes and their influence on rangeland condition and trend. ... -
Household food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997)Despite the widely acknowledged prognosis that the danger of unrelenting hunger and famine looms large in sub-Saharan Africa and that there is a constant need for donors to provide much required food relief, there is a ... -
Pathological lesions associated with internal parasitosis in donkeys in Kiambu district in Kenya
(1999)Six donkeys, both males and females, were purchased from Limuru area (Kiambu District) and sacrificed so as to investigate the parasites and lesions present. The donkeys were in poor body condition. At post-mortem, ... -
Worm control practices on sheep farms in Denmark and implications for the development of anthelmintic resistance
(Danish Centre for Experimental Parásitology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark, 1996)A questionnaire survey was undertaken on sheep farms in Denmark to obtain information on sheep management and worm control practices. The questionnaires were inserted in the June and July, 1993 issue of the Danish Sheep ... -
Relative Occurrence of Fasciola species in cattle, sheep and goats slaughtered at Dagoretti slaughterhouse in Kenya
(Department of veterinary pathology and microbiology,, 2004)A cross sectional survey was carried out in Nairobi\'s Dagoretti slaughter house, where routine postmortem meat inspection was done. All liver flukes detected in cattle, sheep and goats were collected and transported to ... -
Worm control practices on sheep farms in Nyandarua District of Kenya
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997)A questionnaire investigation was used to examine anthelmintic usage and practical worm control for sheep on 50 farms selected randomly in Nyandarua District of Central Kenya. Control of helminths was based primarily on ... -
A survey of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites of goats in Denmark.
(Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark., 1996)The occurrence of anthelmintic resistance in 15 goat herds in Denmark was investigated using the faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT), egg hatch assay (EHA) for thiabendazole (TBZ) and a microlarval development assay ... -
Effect of Rhizobia Inoculation and Starter-N on Nodulation, Shoot Biomass and Yield of Grain Legumes
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Development of and Policy on the Range and Pastoral Industry with Special Reference to Kenya
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 2003)“Rangeland” or simply “range” is, by definition, “inferior” land by reason of physical and socio-economic limitations such as low rainfall, high temperatures, poor soils, and long distances from market outlets and ... -
Economic factors affecting the level of beef production from ranching: an example of Kenya's cattle sector
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-10)An econometric method was used to determine the economic factors that influence the level of beef production from ranches in one of the range areas in Kenya. The study also used both cross section and time-series data ... -
Abiotic and herbaceous vegetational characteristics of an arid rangeland in Kenya
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2001)A two-year study was conducted with an overall objective of characterising the structure and function of an arid rangeland in Kenya. A plot measuring 100 x 100m was used for this study. Data on rainfall and temperature ... -
Effects of plant density and phosphate levels on growth, yield and yield components of field beans phaseolus vulgaris l.
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1982)Field bean (Phaseolusvulgaris)grown mainly for its protein rich dry bean seeds, is the most important legume and the second most important crop in Kenya. Bean yields have been shown to be increased by phosphate fertilizers ... -
Stepwise analysis of factors affecting the yield of hot-air-dried carrots
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 1982)Carrots (variety - Red Cored Chantenay) were subjected to a stepwise analysis during processing prior to dehydration (hot-air-drying), to determine the parameters that affect the yield of the final product and its ... -
Effect of Moisture Availability on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Uptake by Plants Under Semi-arid Soil Conditions
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2002)A study was conducted in the semi-arid Kibwezi division of Kenya to investigate the effect of moisture availability on nitrogen and phosphorus uptake by plants. The study consisted of four treatments i.e. control, grass, ... -
Effect of Acacia tortilis pods on intake, digestibility and nutritive quality of goat diets in southwestern Eritrea
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2003)Fresh Acacia tortilis pods were mixed with low quality native grass hay to form the following five rations: 100% hay (T1), 25% pods and 75% hay (T2), 50% pods and 50% hay (T3), 75% pods and 25% hay (T4) and 100% pods ... -
Analysis of pyrethroids in air using commercial XAD sampling cartridges and gas chromatography
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, 2005)Pyrethroids are synthetic esters used commercially as pesticides. They are readily available as active components of numerous over-the-counter products for control of household pests mainly formulated as sprays (aerosols), ...
