A total of 55 cattle divided into two groups of experimentally (n =30) and naturally (n = 25) infected animals were used to study the reliability of meat inspection methods in Kenya. Total dissection method was used as a ...

Ethnopharmacologically, the mango has a lot of applications in life in human health and ethnoveterinary medicines since ancient times. The study aimed at characterizing the essential oil of Mangifera indica L. leaves and ...

The study compared two sets of bioassays designed to evaluate repellency of Tagetes minuta essential oil against climbing response behavior of adult, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the vector of deadly livestock disease, ...

BACKGROUND: A study to curb transmission cycle of a zoonotic Taenia cestodiasis between humans and cattle is presented. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability of meat inspection procedure in detecting carcasses of cattle ...

Plants are like a two-edged sword, which cuts on either pointing side. All living organisms exclusively depend on plants for their survival while, on the other hand, the same plants, just like the two-edged sword, are ...

Livestock industry provides for a major source of livelihood for many people worldwide, particularly the rural poor in developing countries. Ill-health is a major constraint to livestock production and development in rural ...

Marrying or looking for a lifetime soul mate or partner in the era of HIV and AIDS pandemic is problematic, worrying and a nightmare. Dating has to a number of people been elevated media platform recently. HIV and AIDS is ...

Kenya is in the midst of many transformations and transition processes of its institutions and administrative/ governance structures following the promulgation of a new constitution on 27th August, 2010. Institutions for ...

An ante mortem antigen-ELISA-based diagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercosis was studied in artificially (n = 24) and naturally (n = 25) infected cattle with the objective of further validating the assay as a field ...

Background: Up till now, nomadic communities in Africa have been the primary focus of ethnoveterinary research. Although mainly arable and/or mixed arable/pastoral farmers, Ameru of central Kenya are known to have a ...