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The clinical and epidemiological aspects of rotavirus diarrhoea was studied in hospitalized children under five years with acute gastroenteritis in Lusaka, Zambia for a period of one year. Two hundred and fifty six (24.1 %) of 1,064 children admitted to the study were shedding rotavirus....

The potential of Mongongo (Ricinodendron rautanenii schinzj as a source of protein in broiler rations was investigated. In the first trial, Soybean-based and Mongongobased diets were formulated and fed ad libitum to broilers for six weeks. The treatments were: SOY (Soybean alone); SOY + A...

The objectives of the study was to determine a maize/ forage legume combination and an appropriate row arrangement that would result in high maize grain and total stover / legume straw yield, enhanced crude protein content of the maize stover /legume straw and increased crude protein content of...

An aqueous decoction of the stem bark of the plant Cassia abbreviata-OHv., a native Zambian plant, is traditionally used as an anti-diarrhoeal remedy by many contemporary practitioners of traditional medicine in Zambia.The present work was undertaken based on the findings of preliminary...

Under increased population pressures, extensive methods of arable cultivation give way to intensive ones. The whole agricultural policy area then becomes central in influencing and further determining production trends and, consequently, the farming system that evolves. In most developing...

This study was carried out at the Middle Zambezi basin in Lusaka province to determine freshwater snail diversity, its relationship to the presence of schistosomiasis and the impact of prevailing environmental factors on snail diversity. The study was carried out during the cool-dry season...

The grain yield of wheat in Lesotho is low because of poor soil fertility, and the wheat is regarded by the millers to be of poor quality and therefore of less value. A field study was therefore conducted at three sites in Lesotho( Maseru, Leribe and Mafeteng) to evaluate the influence of...

The central theme in Medical Geography is the study of the spatial variation of disease and general effects of the environment on the occurrence of disease, A disease such as cholera is a disturbance of the normal harmony existing between bodily functions and their environment.Such a...

The seed yield of sesame in Zimbabwe is low compared to other countries, yet the crop is gaining in economic significance. A trial was therefore conducted at Gwebi, Zimbabwe, to evaluate the effects of plant population and fertilizer nitrogen rate on the yield and yield components of sesame...