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Dairy production practices among smallholder dairy farmers in Butere/Mumias and Kakamega districts in Western Kenya
(2007-04)
A survey was conducted on 176 smallholder dairy farms in Butere/Mumias and Kakamega
districts of Western Kenya to establish the dairy production practices and constraints in the industry.
There was low milk production ...
Effect of Replacement of Groundnut Cake with Urea-treated Neem (Azadirachta indica A. juss) Seed Kernel Cake on Nutrient Utilisation in Lambs
(2002-04)
The effect of urea treatment on chemical composition of neem seed kernel cake (NSKC) was investigated by soaking the cake in 2.1% urea solution (1.2 l kg-1 NSKC) for five days. The effect on utilisation of nutrients by ...
The focus marker in Kîîtharaka: Syntax and semantics
(2008-05)
This paper investigates a morpheme central to the clausal syntax of Kîîtharaka (SVO, Bantu, E54, Kenyan). The first sections of the paper offer a careful description of three functions of this morpheme, which marks information ...
Effect of supplementing grass diet with Acacia seyal and Balanites aegyptiacaon feed intake, conversion efficiency and growth of dorper sheep�
(2009-09)
Two studies were carried out at the Livestock Improvement Centre, Mogotio division of Koibatek District to evaluate Acacia seyal and Balanites aegyptiaca as feed supplements to ruminant diets during the dry season. The ...
Carcass Characteristics of Goats Fed Ammoniated Neem (Azadirachta indica) Seed Kernel Cake
(2003)
The present investigation was carried out to study the affect of feeding urea ammoniated neem kernel meal on carcass characteristics and organoleptic properties of the meat in goats. Eight local weaned kids of 3-4 months ...
Factors that Contribute to Poor Academic Achievement in English Lanru guage in Kerio-Vale Schools in Kenya
(2009-11)
In Kenya secondary schools, English is the main language of instruction, and oo
secondary school curriculum. In many degree programmes a minimum of grade C+usoy
required in ally is poor, and Kerio-V is no factors that ...
The focus particle in Kiitharaka
(2006)
In this paper we argue that Kˆ ıˆ ıtharaka in situ and ex situ object focus constructions are exhaustive. Sentences with a preverbal focus marker are argued to be nonexhaustive. Ourconclusionsarebasedonfelicityinmention- ...
Effect of Helminthiasis on Zinc Metabolism
(2000-07)
The effect of helminthiasis on zinc metabolism was monitored using endogenous 0'Zn after intraperitoneal injection of 1 g of ⁶⁵Zn as zinc chloride. In the first experiment zinc turnover ...
WH-QUESTIONS IN KITHARAKA
(2005)
This paper explores question formation in Kitharaka (E54; Bantu; Kenyan) within the crosslinguistic approach developed in Sabel (2000, 2002, 2003). According to Sabel, variation in the positioning of wh-phrases in languages ...
Categorizing adpositions in Kˆıˆıtharaka
(2007-01)
In this paper, I discuss the categorial status of Kˆıˆıtharaka adpositions. I demonstrate that there are two main classes of adpositions (to be referred to as Class A and Class B). Class A adpositions are syntactic heads ...