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Improving potato tuber yields using genotypes with multiple virus resistance in Kenya
(2013)
Potato (Solanumtuberosum L.) viruses play a major role in lowering yields and quality of ware
and seed tubers in Kenya. This experiment was conducted to determine potential of potato clones
with multiple virus resistance ...
Botanical composition and selective feeding by goats in the semi-arid Lands of central-eastern Kenya
(2013)
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 ...
Seroprevalence of chikungunya infection in pyretic children seeking treatment in Alupe district hospital, Busia county Kenya
(2013)
Chikungunya fever is a viral disease transmitted to humans majorly by a bite of
infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Studies have revealed that other species of
Aedes mosquitoes equally transmit chikungunya virus (CHIKV). ...
Molecular structure profiles of major chemical components of vernonia amygdalina and tephrosia vogelii leaf extracts
(2013)
Plants contain various chemical components some of which play vital roles in the bodies of plants and animals.
It is essential that the chemical composition of these plants be well elucidated in o rder to come up with ...
The potential of beetle and termite fibre hydrolytic crude extracts in the pretreatment of maize stover for ruminant production
(2013)
It is increasingly understood that 1 st-generation biofuels (produced primarily from food crops such
as grains, sugar beet and oil seeds) are limited in their ability to achieve targets for oil-product
substitution, ...
Bacterial causes of bovine mastitis and their antibiotic sensitivity patterns in Western and Central Kenya
(The Kenya veterinary association, 2013)
A cross sectional study was carried out from November 2008 to April 2009 to estimate prevalence of mastitis
and to see associated bacterial pathogens in lactating dairy cows in Holeta town. A total of 107 cross bred
milking ...
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 ...