Knowledge and Practices of the residents living along the Nairobi River Riparian on the use of the contaminated river for farming and its effects on animal reproduction
| Autor: | J.A. Oduma, V.T. Tsuma, Kipyegon An, Henry Mutembei, P. Kimeli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Secondary level 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology business.industry animal diseases River water Contaminated water 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Geography Agriculture Pig farming Socioeconomics business Riparian zone |
| Zdroj: | IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science. :59-61 |
| ISSN: | 2319-2380 2319-2372 |
| DOI: | 10.9790/2380-0908015961 |
| Popis: | Residents practising pig farming along the Nairobi River Riparian in Kenyawere interviewed to evaluate theirknowledge and practices on the use of the contaminated riverfor farming and its effects on animal reproduction. Eighty (80) farms were purposively selected and questionnaires administered to the pig owners as respondents.Majority (72.5%) were involved in urban farming as supplementary source of income while the rest had farming as their main occupation. Over a third of them (38.8%) had attained secondary level of education. Over forty percent (42.5%, N=34) respondents used the contaminated river for pig farming. The main reason cited for the use of the river water for farming were that it is a free source and readily available (N=20).The main reproductive effect noted on the male pigs was abdominally testes. The reproductive defect points towards environmental estrogen toxicant within the water of the Nairobi riversuggesting the residents need to be made aware of the potential danger of the use of the contaminated water for farming. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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