Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Studies: Recent submissions
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Grazing Behaviour of Saanen and Toggenburg Goats in Sub-Humid Tropical Conditions of Kenya
(2001-03-22)The behavior of 6 Toggenburg and 6 Saanen female goats, grazing on natural vegetation in a modified sub-humid tropical environment of Kenya, was studied during the dry (January and February) and wet (April and May) seasons ... -
Performance of growing Small East African Goats offered Rhodes grass hay and supplemented with a 1:1 mixture of Maerua angolensis: Zizyphus mucronata leaf browses.
(Livestock Research for Rural Development 22 (9) 2010, 2010)A 56-day experiment was conducted to examine the contribution of Maerua angolensis and Zizyphus mucronata, mixed on a 1:1 ratio as a supplement to growing Small East African Goats fed a basal diet of Chloris gayana hay. ... -
Supplementing Rhodes grass Chloris gayana hay with Maerua angolensis improves weight gain of growing small East African goats
(2018)To study the performance of Small East African goats fed Rhodes grass(Chloris gayana) hay supplemented with 5 levels of Maerua angolensis (0, 15, 20, 25, 30g DM W0.75) 20 goats were divided into five groups and randomly ... -
Effects of Supplementing Chloris gayana Hay and Maerua angolensis with Graded Levels of Maize Germ Meal on Voluntary Feed Intake, Diet Digestion, Nitrogen Balance and Average Daily Gains of Growing Small East African Goats
(2010-07)Maerua angolensis and graded levels of maize germ meal were offered to Small East African goats to assess the effects on voluntary feed intake, diet digestion, nitrogen balance and growth. The M. angolensis was offered at ... -
Chemical and mineral composition, in-vitro gas production, in-sacco degradation of selected indigenous Kenyan browses
(CIPAV Foundation, 2010)Abstract Proximate and mineral composition, in-sacco degradation and in-vitro gas production was conducted using fifteen indigenous Kenyan multipurpose tree and shrub (MPTS) leaf browse to assess their potential as goat ... -
Evaluation of Sensory Acceptability of Bakery Products Prepared from Blended Wheat and Pumpkin Composite Flour
(Society of Science and Nature, 2017)The pumpkin fruit of the species C. moschata Duchesne has great nutritional potential, but remains under-utilized in Kenya. The fruits have diverse health enhancing properties. This vegetable-fruit has potential to be ... -
Qualitative, Quantitative and Quality Variation of Naturalized Pumpkin Accessions in Mother and Baby Trials in Kenya
(2017)Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata (Lam.) Poir.) is unsystematically produced in many tropical countries and development of standard cultivars using naturalised and adapted genetic resources has not yet been done. The present ... -
Effect of Drying Method on Nutrient Integrity of Selected Components of Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata duch.) Fruit Flour
(2017-03)Pumpkin is a multi-purpose fruit and leafy vegetable with abundant nutritional value and economic potential as a food and industrial crop. Cucurbita moschata is the most common, heat-tolerant, better thriver in tropical ... -
Evaluation of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) as Replacent for Maize in the Diet of Growing Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
(2002)Thirty six young New Zealand white rabbits were used in a randomised complete block (RCB) design with a 3×2 factorial treatment experiment to study the suitability of sorghum as substitute for maize in the diet of growing ... -
Effect of Intercropping Herbaceous Legumes with Napier Grass on Dry Matter Yield and Nutritive Value of the Feedstuffs in Semi-arid Region of Eastern Kenya
(2006)Semi-arid region of Kenya is faced with inadequate quantity and low quality of livestock feeds. Research was conducted in the semi-arid region of eastern Kenya to investigate the contribution of two legumes, Seca (Stylosanthes ... -
Effects of Mineral Supplementation On Milk Yield of Free-ranging Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Northern Kenya.
(2006-11)ABSTRACT : The effects of different mineral supplementations on the milk yield of free-ranging Somali camels were investigated in two phases in a semi-arid region of northern Kenya during the dry and wet seasons in 2002 ... -
Effect of Planting Pattern of Two Herbaceous Forage Legumes in Fodder Grasses on Productivity of Grass/Legume Mixture in Semi-arid Tropical, Kenya.
(Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, 2007-01)An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of planting pattern of legumes on the growth, persistence and productivity of grass/legume mixture in the semi-arid tropical Kenya. The legumes, Seca and Siratro ... -
Nutritive value and Palatability rating of fifteen Selected Indigenous Kenyan Browse Species fed to Small East African Goats.
(Livestock Research for Rural Development 29 (6) 2017, 2017-06)A palatability study was conducted using fifteen indigenous multipurpose tree leaf forages offered to twenty intact male Small East African Goats, 7 to 8 months and 18kg ± 2.1kg. The CP (gkg-1DM) of the best five species ... -
Spatial-temporal Changes in Land Use Land Cover and its Impacts on Wildlife Conservation in Meru Conservation Area, Kenya
(2019)Habitat conversion can be a major threat to biodiversity. Recent and current levels of human activities on landscapes appear to be overriding the natural changes to ecosystems brought about by climate variations in the ... -
Promoting Effective Community Participation in Land Use Planning and Management of Wildlife Conservation Areas
(2014)The major threat facing conservation of wildlife within and outside protected areas presently is the continuous loss of wildlife corridors and dispersal areas. This is as a result of increase in human settlements and the ...