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Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10-04)The emerging epidemic of hypertension (HTN) in sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to worsen. Uncontrolled HTN is associated with CVD, high morbidity and premature mortality; hence early detection, treatment and control of HTN ... -
Physiological, Behavioral, and Dietary Characteristics Associated with Hypertension among Kenyan Defence Forces
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Background. Hypertensive disease is increasing in developing countries due to nutritional transition and westernization. Hypertensive disease among Kenya military may be lower because of health-focused recruitment, physical ... -
"Hidden hunger or knowledge hunger? Nutritional knowledge, diet diversity and micronutrient intake in Rwanda: The case of Vitamin A." (2013).
(2013)The problem of hidden hunger has emerged as one of the major development issues alongside food security. This problem highlights the likelihood of households having access to inadequate amount of key micronutrients in a ... -
A Brief Review of Some Animal Pathogens Causing Miscarriages in Women
(2013)Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis, Brucella canis and Brucella abortus, which normally infect various species of domestic animals, can infect humans through unpasteurized milk from infected animals or from contact with ... -
Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths and anthelmintic resistance on small-scale farms in Gauteng Province, South Africa
(2013)The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal helminths, to detect the presence of anthelmintic resistance in livestock from small-scale farms and to determine the level ... -
Rabbit breed characteristics, farmer objectives and preferences in Kenya: A correspondence analysis
(2013)Rabbit production is becoming important in Kenya not by young boys but as an economic undertaking. This may be due to decreasing per capita landholdings due to increasing human population density. However, there is little ... -
The Effects Of Exchange Rate Liberalization In Kenya On French Beans Exports
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The adoption of a floating exchange rate system in Kenya was an effort to make it more aligned to the market determined equilibrium rate. However, there is limited empirical evidence that success has since been achieved ... -
Influence of agricultural knowledge on drought-flood disaster preparedness through strategic crop production in Budalang’i, Kenya
(2012)The preparedness and ability to go through drought-flood disaster events by excising appropriate strategic food crop production practices in Budalang’i floods plain is of national and international interest. The growing ... -
Recent developments on effective anthelmintic use in Sheep and Goats
(2012)For half a century worm control in small ruminants relied too heavily on anthelmintics, resulting in widespread and increasing drug resistance in several Helminth species. Currently two highly effective and safe drugs ... -
Challenges in the smallholder (zero-grazing) production systems of Nairobi and its environs: A welfare perspective
(2012)Animal welfare is defined as the ability of an animal to interact comfortably with its environment through its physiological, psychological and behavioural systems. About 70% of dairy production in Kenya is from the ... -
Wildlife Welfare: Can the care of individual wild animals be good animal welfare, compatible with the ‘one health’ approach, and also with wider conservation goals?
(2012)The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) cares for individual animals, and also wildlife populations and their habitats. We find solutions to problems that are good for both animals and people. These are the words ... -
Integration of camel research and development in the veterinary profession in Kenya and future
(2012)The camel is uniquely adapted to hot and arid environments. Camels in Kenya are used for food security and as source of livelihoods. Challenges of climate change led to more attention on camel research and development ... -
Introgressing Striga Resistance from a Mapped Donor Source into a Rwandan Adapted Sorghum Variety
(2013)Sorghum is the world’s fifth most important cereal, in terms of both production and area planted. Striga hermonthica is one of the major constraints of sorghum production globally and particularly so in Eastern Africa. ... -
Determinants Of Household Vulnerability To Food Insecurity: A Case Study Of Semi‐arid Districts In Malawi
(2013)This paper looks at household vulnerability to food insecurity and its determinants in two semi-arid districts in Malawi. A randomly selected sample of 200 households was interviewed. The descriptive statistics revealed ... -
An analysis of indigenous chicken value chain (ICVC) in Makueni
(2012)The indigenous chicken (IC) population in Kenya is estimated at 25.8 million birds and constitutes 81% of the total poultry population. The IC sub-sector contributes to food and nutrition security, income and social-cultural ... -
Good and bad co-infections; impact on growth and survival of zebu cattle under one year
(2012)In natural populations, individuals may be infected with multiple pathogens at a time. The direction and strength of co-infecting pathogen interactions are often unknown and dependent on the mechanism of interaction. ... -
East African zebu as a dairy cow
(2012)The zebu cattle constitute about 80.8% of the total cattle population in Kenya but only contribute 13.2% to the annual total milk production. Conversely the exotic dairy cattle population constitutes about 19.2% of the ...
