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Environmental hazards in Peri-Urban poultry farming in western kenya
(2015)
Poultry keeping is popular in peri-urban centres of Kenya. Poultry wastes arising from
intensive poultry units may become too large to be absorbed in the immediate areas of
production as crop plots and gardens decrease ...
Botanical composition and selective feeding by goats in the semi-arid lands of Central-Eastern Kenya
(International journal of science and research (IJSR), 2015)
Botanical composition of University of Nairobi’s Machang’a Field Station, Mbeere, in the Semi-arid Central-Eastern
rangelands of Kenya was inventoried by reconnaissance survey. Relative abundance of the various plant ...
Nonparametric estimatorfor the standardized sum using edgeworth expansions
(iosr, 2018)
This article makes three contributions. First, we introduce a computationally efficient estimator for the component functions in additive nonparametric regression exploiting a different motivation from the marginal integration ...
Species abundance, food preference and nutritive value of goat diets in the semi-arid lands of east-central Kenya
(1996)
The key forage species and nutrient composition of forage species preferred by free-ranging East African goats in rangelands of eastern-central Kenya were determined. One hundred and five forage species were identified ...
School factors as correlates of secondary students’ achievement in mathematics in Bungoma county, Kenya
(2015-10)
There is abundant research evidence to support the view that when
Mathematics is taught in an enabling environment, a lot of enjoyable learning takes place.
But in reality this is not always so, the implication is that ...
Oxfendazole treatment for cystic hydatid disease in naturally infected animals
(American Society for Microbiology, 1997-09-09)
Few chemotherapeutic agents are available for the medical management of hydatid disease caused by the
parasite Echinococcus granulosus. In order to test the potential of oxfendazole for the treatment of infection with
this ...
Canine echinococcosis in Turkana (north–western Kenya): a coproantigen survey in the previous hydatid-control area and an analysis of risk factors
(2013-07-18)
A study of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs, with risk-factor analysis, was carried out in the endemic area of northern Turkana district, Kenya, using necropsy on 42 strays and a coproantigen-ELISA survey of 161 ...
Water intoxication in cattle
(1999)
Water intoxication is a condition that is common in cattle, and has also been reported in
other domestic animals and man. A comprehensive description of the condition is lacking.
For a better understanding of the condition, ...
Streptococcal meningitis in a five-month-old male lamb
(1999)
Streptococcus species cause a wide variety of diseases in food animals, including septicaemia, mastitis, meningitis, encephalitis and pneumonia5 . Meningitis due to Streptococcus spp. is commonly a complication of bacteraemia ...
Determination of Tannin Concentrations in African Indigenous Vegetables, Grains and Cassava Roots from Emuhaya District, Western Kenya
(American Journal of Nutrition and Food Science, 2014-01-15)
The study evaluated tannin concentrations in four vegetables, three grains and cassava roots as the most common
foodstuffs in the diet of local communities from Emuhaya district in western Kenya and their nutritional ...