Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Seasonal patterns of gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep in a semi-arid Kajiado District of Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2006)The seasonal patterns of trichostrongylid nematode infections in Dorper yearlings in a semi-arid area of Kajiado District, Kenya were investigated by analysis faecal egg output, herbage infectivity and post-mortem worm ... -
Epidemiology of gastrointestinal helminths infections in Dorper sheep in a semi-arid area of Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2004)trointestinal helminths infections in Dorper sheep in a semi-arid area of Kenya. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 71:219–226 A survey on the prevalence and intensity of infection with gastrointestinal ... -
Recovery and identification of Besnoitia and other coccidia from cat faeces around Kabete in Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1994)Faecal samples were collected from 50 cats around Kabete, Kenya, and were examined for coccidian oocysts. Oocysts of Besnoitia wallacei (in 2) were recovered for the first time in Kenya. Oocysts of Isospora felis (in 33), ... -
Development, Survival and Availability of Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Sheep and Pastures in a Semi-arid Area of Kajiado District of Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2004-08)A study was carried out on a ranch in the semi-arid area of Kajiado District in Kenya during the period July 2000 to June 2001 to determine the seasonal patterns of development and survival of gastrointestinal nematodes ... -
Caprine besnoitiosis: Studies on the experimental intermediate hosts and the role of the domestic cat in transmission.
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1994-04)A study was conducted to test the infectivity of bradyzoites of a Besnoitia species infecting goats in Kenya to rats, mice, rabbits, sheep and goats. Only goats developed infection resulting in tissue cyst formation. ... -
Isolation of Besnoitia wallacei in Kenya.
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1994-04)The development of Besnoitia wallacei was studied in 13 cats fed on tissues of mice and rats previously infected with B. wallacei. The cats were serially killed between Day 1 and Day 16 of infection, and histological ... -
Caseous lymphadenitis of sheep and goats in Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1990)In a survey of caseous lymphadenitis in local sheep and goats in Kenya, 54 of 757 goats (7.13%) and 6 of 378 sheep (1.6%) were found to have one or more abscesses. Abscessation was commonest in the prescapular (68.25%) ... -
Accuracy of an anaemia scoring chart applied on goats in sub-humid Kenya and its potential for control of Haemonchus contortus infections
(ElsevierDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2006-11)We tested the practical application of an anaemia scoring chart (the FAMACHA© chart) as a method for controlling Haemonchus contortus in goats kept under smallholder conditions in a sub-humid area of Central Kenya. The ... -
Detection and Prevention of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Communities with High Poultry Disease Burdens
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2010)The implementation of strategies to detect, prevent, and control highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in developing countries presents several challenges, one of which is the presence of other diseases in poultry ... -
Preliminary Findings on the Carrier Status of Pasteurella multocida in Farmed and Traded Healthy-appearing Scavenging Indigenous Chickens and Ducks in Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2007)One hundred and twenty three indigenous chickens and 24 ducks reared under free range scavenging system were examined for the carrier status of Pasteurella multocida. Both the oropharynyngeal and cloacal swab samples ... -
Hatchability and fertility of indigenous chicken and duck eggs, and some causes of chick and duckling mortality in Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2007)Flocks under study are located in the suburbs of Nairobi province and Machakos district. They belonged to smallholder farmers. Twenty seven clutches of eggs given to indigenous chickens to seat on, and 10 clutches of eggs ... -
A Study on Effectiveness of Seven Disinfectants Against Possible Bacteria Contaminants of Coops and Premises Inhabited by Indigenous Chickens and Ducks
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2005)Seven commonly used disinfectants abbreviated as A, B, C, D, E, F and G (A is, Glutaraldehyde and Coco – benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride; B is, Didecyldimethyl ammonium bromide 50% w\\v; C is, Sodium hypochlorite; D is, ... -
Indigenous Ducks are Better Reservoirs of P. multocida than Indigenous Chickens
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2005)Two experiments were performed to study cross infections from chickens to ducks and vice versa. For each experiment the source birds (chickens or ducks) were infected with Pasteurella multocida strain 10322T. The infected ... -
Appraisal of Village Chickens Potential in Egg Production
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2005)A study was carried out on the laying capacities of Village / indigenous and exotic / commercial hens that were brought to the Agricultural Society of Kenya show, Nairobi, over a period of 10 years. The parameter of ... -
Sensitivity of Listeria species, recovered from indigenous chickens to antibiotics and disinfectants
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2004-10)BACKGROUND: Resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and disinfectants has been reported widely in the world. Listeria monocytogenes is no exception, although normally it tends to be variably sensitive to many antibiotics ... -
Carrier status for Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species in free range farm and market healthy indigenous chickens and ducks.
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2004-10)BACKGROUND: Listeria organisms are documented to be zoonotic; one of the sources of infection is the domestic fowl where it could occur as in apparent infection. The carriage of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria ... -
Efficacy of ivermectin delivered from a sustained-release bolus against gastrointestinal nematodes in field grazing calves in Nyandarua district of Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1998)The effect of ivermectin delivered by an orally administered prototype sustained-release (IVM SR) bolus was evaluated over a period of 140 days using 12 steers aged approximately 8–10 months and ranging in weight from 150 ... -
The effects of a controlled-release albendazole capsule (Proftril-Captec) on parasitism in grazing Corriedale ewes in the Nyandarua district of Kenya.
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1997-07)The effects of intraruminal sustained-release capsules (IRSRCs) on parasitism in grazing Corriedale ewes were investigated over a period of 119 days (4 June-30 September 1993) using 40 ewes aged approximately 2 years and ... -
Prevalence of Eimeria species in cattle in Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 1990-02)A total of 620 bovine faecal samples collected from unselected animals brought for post-mortem to the Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology or from animals in the Kabete (Kenya) practice area of the Faculty ... -
Farming practices and risk factors for transmission of helminths of free range pigs in Homabay District, Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, 2013)A questionnaire survey was carried out on 297 pig farmers in Homabay District in order to determine the risk factors associated with the transmission of helminths in free range pigs. Information on pig production and ...
