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Assessing the Sustainability of Different Small-Scale Livestock Production Systems in the Afar Region, Ethiopia
(MDPI, 2013-12-02)
Livestock production is a key income source in eastern Africa, and 80% of the total agricultural land is used for livestock herding. Hence, ecological and socio-economically sustainable rangeland management is crucial. Our ...
Herbaceous Forage and Selection Patterns by Ungulates across Varying Herbivore Assemblages in a South African Savanna
(PLOS ONE, 2013-12-16)
Herbivores generally have strong structural and compositional effects on vegetation, which in turn determines the plant forage species available. We investigated how selected large mammalian herbivore assemblages use and ...
Efficiency of fractionated γ-irradiation doses to eliminate vegetative cells and spores of Bacillus cereus from raw rice
(2013-04-30)
Efficacy of fractionated γ-irradiation to eliminate vegetative and spore forms of Bacillus cereus from raw rice was studied. Viable bacteria and spores count performed after irradiation treatment revealed that vegetative ...
Production of mouse anti-quail IgY and subsequent labeling with horseradish peroxidase using cyanuric chloride.
(J. Microbiol. Biotechnol, 2013-04-01)
Polyclonal antibodies labeled with a tracer have been commonly used as secondary antibodies in immunochemical assays to quantify the concentration of antibody-antigen complexes. The majority of these antibodies conjugated ...
Understanding the persistence of plague foci in Madagascar.
(PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013-11-01)
Plague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is still found in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Madagascar reports almost one third of the cases worldwide. Y. pestis can be encountered in three very different types of foci: ...
Nanoencapsulation of water-soluble drug, lamivudine, using a double emulsion spray-drying technique for improving HIV treatment
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2013-10-22)
Current treatments available for human immunodeficiency virus, namely antiretrovirals, do not
completely eradicate the virus from the body, leading to life-time commitment. Many
antiretrovirals suffer drawbacks from ...
State of the art and future directions in nanomedicine for tuberculosis.
(Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2013-12-01)
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) ranks the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide. However, treatment of TB is affected by poor patient compliance due to the requirement for daily drug administration, ...
In vivo/in vitro pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of spray-dried poly-(dl-lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanoparticles encapsulating rifampicin and isoniazid.
(Elsevier B.V., 2013-02-28)
Poly-(dl-lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) nanoparticles were prepared by a double emulsion solvent evaporation spray-drying technique and coated with polyethylene glycol (PEG 1% v/v). The PLGA nanoparticles had a small size ...
Preparation of rifampicin/lactose microparticle composites by a supercritical antisolvent-drug excipient mixing technique for inhalation delivery
(Elsevier, 2013-02)
Rifampicin (RIF) is precipitated in the presence of inhalable lactose particles using a supercritical antisolvent-drug excipient mixing (SAS-DEM) technique to create RIF/lactose microparticle composites intended to improve ...
Potential impact of climate change on livestock production and health in East Africa: A review
(CIPAV Foundation, 2013-07)
Agriculture and livestock are amongst the most climate sensitive economic sectors in the developing countries whilst the rural poor communities are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Climate change ...