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Stochastic drought forecasting exploration for water resources management in the upper Tana river basin, Kenya
(IGI Global, 2016)
This chapter presents the trend of drought as a stochastic natural disaster influenced by the climate variability for the upper Tana River basin in Kenya. Drought frequency, duration and intensity in the upper
Tana River ...
Dynamic risk model for rift valley fever outbreaks in Kenya based on climate and disease outbreak data
(Geospatial health, 2016-05-31)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonotic disease that occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, with heavy impact in affected countries. Outbreaks are episodic and related to ...
Evidence of hydrological extremes primarily driven by human land use changes in tropical African basins
(2018-04)
The sensitivity of basins to human alterations on land and their associated hydrological impacts is a subject of on-going research and is particularly poorly understood especially in tropical African basins. Oftentimes ...
Evaluating interventions uptake in indigenous chicken production in a participatory research with smallholder farmers in Kenya
(2015)
Indigenous chicken production system has long been characterised by low productivity due to
among other factors, poor management, inadequate and poor feeding regime, poor (or lack) of disease control measures, poor hygiene, ...
Education and poverty,relationship and concerns. A case for Kenya.
(2011-12-01)
Poverty has many dimensions and does not merely entail low levels of income or expenditure. According
to Sen (1992), poverty is the lack of capability to function effectively in society. Inadequate education can
thus be ...
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). ...
Changes in lipids utilisation during moisture and temperature stress of infective (L3) and its implication on the epidemiology of Haemonchus contortus in arid and semi arid lands
(Maxwell science publishing, 2011-03-05)
A study was undertaken to establish the pattern and level of lipid utilization in third stage infective larvae (L_3) of Haemonchus contortus under temperature and moisture stress conditions. The stress factors were ...
Stress response in infective larvae (L3) of the parasitic nematode haemonchus Contortus is accompanied by enhanced expression of heat shock proteins (HSP 70)
(Maxwell science, 2012-07-10)
The study was undertaken to investigate the effects of temperature and moisture stresses on protein profile and characteristics in the free living third larval stages (L_3) of Haemonchus contortus. Before and after temperature ...
Exsheathment characteristics and infectivity of revived anhydrobiotic L_ (3) of haemonchus contortus
(Maxwell science, 2012-10-20)
This study was conducted to determine the effect of temperature and moisture stress on exsheathment process and infectivity of the infective larvae of the parasitic nematode "Haemonchus contortus". Laboratory conditions ...
Influence of worm infection on immunopathological effect of mycoplasma capricolum capripneumoniae pathogen in goats
(2018)
| Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, caused by Mycoplasma capricolum capripneumoniae (Mccp), is a highly contagious disease of goats usually with a high morbidity and mortality in naïve goats and a major threat to food ...