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Substitution of fish meal with sunflower seed meal in diets for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) reared in earthen ponds
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-01-02)
This study investigated sunflower seed meal (SSM) as dietary protein replacement of fish meal (FM) for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) juveniles (initial mean weight of 19.8 ± 6.3 g) reared in earthen ponds for 210 ...
BLENDING FISHWASTES AND CHICKEN MANURE EXTRACT AS A LOW-COST AND STABLE DIET FOR PLANKTONIC LIVE FOOD PRODUCTION
(Ghent University, Belgium, 2017)
The global increase of aquaculture has expanded the demand for the zooplankton as live foods for larviculture. Although freshly cultured microalgae is the common diet for zooplankton, microalgal culture protocols are ...
Effect of sequential teaching methods on retention of knowledge in Biology by secondary schools students in Kenya in Kenya
(2017-05-11)
Despite the importance of knowledge in Biology, candidates' performance at the
national examination, The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is poor. This
could be attributed to the teaching methods. The ...
Sowing the seeds of transformative practice to actualize women’s rights to respectful maternity care: reflections from Kenya using the consolidated framework for implementation …
(BioMed Central, 2017-12-01)
Background
Despite years of growing concern about poor provider attitudes and women experiencing mistreatment during facility based childbirth, there are limited interventions that specifically focus on addressing these ...
Performance of growing goats fed urea sprayed maize stover and supplemented with graded levels of Tithonia diversifolia
(THE ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANIMAL, 2017-07-01)
A study was carried out to examine the effect of supplementing urea-sprayed
maize stover with incremental levels of Tithonia diversifolia (Tithonia) forage on dry matter
(DM) intake, digestibility and live weight ...
Weather index insurance, agricultural input use, and crop productivity in Kenya
(GlobalFood Discussion Papers, 2017)
Weather risk is a serious issue in the African small farm sector, which will further aggravate due to climate change. Farmers typically react by using low amounts of agricultural inputs. Low input use can help to minimize ...
Genetic diversity and population structure of Striga hermonthica populations from Kenya and Nigeria
(2017-10)
Striga hermonthica is a parasitic weed that poses a serious threat to the production of economically important
cereals in sub-Saharan Africa. The existence of genetic
diversity within and between S. hermonthica populations ...
A SIMPLE AND LOW-COST TECHNIQUE FOR CULTURING ROTIFERA WITHOUT MICROALGAE
(Ghent University, Belgium, 2017)
So far, microalgae are the first choice diet for feeding rotifers (Maruyama et al., 1997), thanks to their excellent influence on rotifer growth rate (Hagiwara et al., 1997; Dhert et al., 2001; Yoshimatsu and Hossain, ...
Genetic and non-genetic sources of variation in natural antibodies titre values among indigenous chicken
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2017)
Innate immunity plays significant role in combating disease. Improvement of any trait including resistance to disease and infection requires identification of genetic and nongenetic sources of variation. This study aimed ...