Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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The State of Water in Stored Dry Cereal Grains and Legumes
(Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, 1997)Sorption data of products are important in the prediction of the spoilage mechanisms and also find use in the design of storage space, packaging and water removal systems. Adsorption constants were determined for 24 stored ... -
Valuation practice: challenges in plant and machinery valuation in the agro-industrial sector of Kenya
(Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, 2003)The aqro-industrial establishments in Kenya have invested heavily in plant and rnachinery as a strategy for achieving optimum productivity. Plant and machinery refers '(0 installations anel :='_I)port facilities for ... -
Use of ambient conditions and sawdust in storage of sweet potato(ipomoe batatas) in Kenya
(Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, 1995)Sweet potato root storability and post-harvest resistance to pests and diseases depend on varietal 1and storage conditions. However little is Known in regards to the storability of local Kenyan, sweetpotato cultivars after ... -
Evaluation of the efficacy of aqueous extracts of albiziaanthelmintica and maerua edulis against the nematode heligmosomoides polygyrus infections in mice.
(Department of clinical studies, 2005)Anthelmintic activity of the water extracts ofAlbizia anthelmintica bark and Maerua_edulis root was evaluated in mice thathad been experimentally infected with the intestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus. The ... -
The Potential use of Plant Anthelmintics for the Control of Livestock Helminthoses in Kenya
(Department of clinical studiesDepartment of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, 2004)Helminthoses are a major constraint to livestock production in Kenya. The control of these infections by the use of synthetic anthelmintics is constrained by a number of problems that include; lack of foreign exchange ... -
Evaluation of the Bioactivity of some Traditional Medicinal Plants using the Brine Shrimp Lethality Test
(Department of clinical studiesDepartment of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, 2004)The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the bioactivity of extracts of Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium Vis., Albizia anthelmintica A. Broqn, Maerua edulis (Gilg) De Wolf, Maerua subcordata (Gilg &Bened) De Wolf ... -
Co - generation in the sugar industry
(Department of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, 2004)The Kenya sugar industry is currently liberalized. This has opened the local market to imports from different countries. The result has been cut throat competition between the locally manufactured and imported sugar. In ... -
Towards agro-industrial sustainability in Kenya through energy conservation and other technologies
(Department of Food Technology & Nutrition, 2001)Meeting the nutritional needs of people in a .world where the 'population is increasing, the natural resource base is limited and fragile, and unsustainable production and consumption patterns are proliferating presents a ... -
Preliminary study of three medicinal plants used as anthelmintic for livestock in Kibwezi and Tunyo divisions of Makueni and Marakwet district
(Department of clinical studiesDepartment of Range Management, 2000)Three preliminarv experiments were conducted to determine the efficacy of three medicinal plants used as anthelmintics in humans and livestock ill Kibwezi and TUNYO divisions of Makueni and Marakwet district respectivelv. ... -
Fuel Oil and Electricity Consumption in a- Kenyan Milk Powder Factory
(Department of Food Technology & Nutrition, 1997)Fuel oil and electrical energy consumption in a milk processing plant was measured daily for a whole year. The plant has a processing capacity of 150 tons of milk per day. The plant primarily produced milk powder and ... -
Sugar factories development, management and financing of the sugar industry, and outgrowers issues.
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, 2004)Kenyan sugar factories have low capacity utilisation. Low overall time efficiency is attributed both stoppages due to cane unavailability and to factory problems. Apart from Mumias Sugar Factory, there is considerable room ... -
A salt lake extremophile, Paracoccus bogoriensis sp.nov., efficiently produces xanthophyll carotenoids
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, 2009)A Gram-negative obligate alkaliphilic bacterium (BOG6T) that secretes carotenoids was isolated from the outflow of Lake Bogoria hot spring located in the Kenyan Rift Valley. The bacterium is motile by means of a polar ... -
Antioxidant and Type2 Diabetes Related Functional Properties of Phytic Acid Extract from Kenyan Local Food Ingredients:Effects of Traditional Processing Methods
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, 2011)Emerging scientific evidences reveal that phytic acid has several positive ef fects on human health. The antioxidant and type 2 diabetes related enzyme inhibition pr operties of phytic acid extract prepar ed from raw and ... -
A Retrospective Study of Reproductive Conditions in Bitches in Nairobi
(Department of clinical studies, 2010)A twenty year retrospective study was carried out in the Small Animal Clinic, University of Nairobi, Kenya and in a private Small Animal Clinic in Nairobi between the years 1988 to 2008. A total of 6548 bitches had been ... -
Causes of calf mortality in peri-urban area of Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of clinical studiesDepartment of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, 2010)Abstract The study reported data from 507 post-mortem records in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya. The records were from carcasses ... -
Preservation of beef using bacteriostatic chemicals and solar drying
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, 1994)Simple potential meal-preservation methods that can be applied at either the household or the small-community level in rural areas were evaluated. Samples of beef treated with various bacteriostatic agentsbrine, honey, ... -
Pectolytic enz'ymes in producing mango juice
(Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, 1991)Commercial pectolytic enzyme preparations from various sources exhibited different modes of activity when used on a mango mash substrate. At a specific temperature and dose, two types of reaction were observed. One type ... -
Incidence and risk factors of periparturient conditions in smallholder dairy cattle herds in Kikuyu Division of Kiambu District, Kenya
(Department of clinical studies, 2012)A study was carried out on 117 smallholder dairy cattle herds in Kikuyu Division of Kiambu District Kenya between April 2004 and December 2004 to determine the incidence of periparturient conditions (downer cow syndrome, ... -
A typical actinobacillosis in an adult friesian cow
(Department of clinical studies, 2011)Actinobacillosis due to Actinobacillus lignieresi, has been reported in domestic animals including cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, horses and dogs (Carmalt et al., 1999; Kennerman et al., 2006; Muhammad et al., 2006; ... -
Antioxidant and antidiabetic properties of condensed tannins in acetonic extract of selected raw and processed indigenous food ingredients from Kenya
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, 2011)Recently, tannins have received considerable attention as health-promoting component in various plant foods and several studies have reported on its nutraceutical properties. However, no study has established the role of ...
