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Prevalence, intensity and pathological lesions associated with contracaecum species infection in farmed and wild catfish in the upper Tana river basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
A total of 108 randomly selected farmed and wild Clarias gariepinus (catfish) obtained from the upper Tana river basin were examined for intestinal helminthes between July 2007 and April 2008. Over fifty nine point three ...
Occurrence and lesions associated with Echinostoma revolutum in free-range chickens in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
The study was carried out between November 2008 and April 2009 to investigate the occurrence
and pathology due to Echinostomum revolutum in free-range indigenous chickens. One hundred
and fifty six (156) indigenous ...
Prevalence Of Haemoparasites In Free-range Local Duck
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
A study was conducted between November 2008 and March 2009 to determine the prevalence of haemoparasites in different age and sex groups of free-range local ducks in Nairobi and its environs. The ducks were categorized ...
Challenges facing procurement committees in implementing the procurement act, a case of secondary schools procurement committees in Kisii County, Kenya
(2012)
This paper presents the challenges facing procurement committees in secondary schools in Kisii County in the implementation of the public procurement Act of 2005 in the procurement of goods and services used in secondary ...
Prevalence and intensity of Paracamallanus species infection in farmed and wild catfish
(Kenya Veterinarian 35 (1), 25-32, 2011)
A total of 108 randomly selected farmed and wild Clarias gariepinus (catfish) obtained from the upper Tana river basin were examined for intestinal helminthes between July 2007 and April 2008. Over fifty two per cent (52.8 ...
Trypanosoma infection in carrier fish of Lake Victoria, Kenya.
(PW Kamundia, PG Mbuthia, RM Waruiru, LW Njagi, PN Nyaga, RH Mdegela, DK Byarugaba, RO Otieno, 2010)
The carrier status of the haemoparasite in fish was investigated in randomly selected Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Nile perch (Lates niloticus). Blood was drawn from the heart using needle and syringe from ...
Investigation of the Effect of Film Thickness on the Optical Properties of Amorphous Se85-xTe15Sbx Thin Films
(Africa Journal of Physical Sciences, 2014)
Amorphous thin films of Se85-xTe15Sbx (x = 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, and 5.0 at. %) deposited by flash evaporation technique, have been investigated in the wavelength range of 500nm-3000nm. It is found that the effect of increasing ...
Nitrogen Doping of Hexagonal and Cubic Ge2Sb2Te5 Nanocrystals: An Ab Initio Study
(World Scientific Publishing Company, 2018)
The effect of nitrogen doping on the structural, electronic and optical properties of hexagonal and cubic Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) has been investigated from first principles. The nitrogen content was set to 10 at.% and 25 at.%, ...
Effect of Reverse Bias on Dye-Sensitized Technology: Lessons for Application in PV-Integrated Textile Fabric Designs Useable in Wajir, Vihiga, Kitui and Kajiado Counties in Kenya
(Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy, 2018)
This paper reports on the effect of reverse bias (RB) on dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) that were investigated outdoor in Wajir (1o4450 North, 40o 4 8 East), Vihiga (35o0 East, 0o15 North), Kitui (3o 0 South, 37o 50 ...
Energy Resources in East Africa
(Springer, Cham, 2015)
When talking about East Africa, traditionally this refers to the states of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with a combined population of over 120 million people in 2014. The three countries have a long history of association ...