By Valeli J. Bugota and Cyrus Rumisha Summary Sandfish (Holothuroids) or sea cucumbers in general play important ecological roles in the ecosystem. One role is remineralising large quantities of organic nutrients through their feeding and burying activities, which increases the benthic productivity of coral reefs. Further, the role of sea cucumbers in the dissolution of...Read More
Habimana, V*., EkineDzivenu, C. C., Nguluma, A. S*., Nziku, Z. C., Morota, G., Chenyambuga, S. W*., and Mrode, R. Genes and models for estimating genetic parameters for heat tolerance in dairy cattle. Frontiers in Genetics, 14, 299. *From the Department of Animal, Aquaculture, and Range Sciences at Sokoine University of Agriculture. Dairy cattle are highly...Read More
Dr. Dawson David Maleko From Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences in this page, drivers for population loss, reasons for conservation, and possible approaches toward sustainable conservation of the endangered populations of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) are reviewed. L. pictus populations face several threats, including habitat loss and degradation, persecution by human beings,...Read More
Dr. Cyrus Rumisha et al (2023) From Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences The queen mackerel Scomberomorus plurilineatus has long been an important source of dietary animal protein, household income, and employment to coastal communities in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. Yet, since their market value has increased in recent years, they are...Read More
By Dr. Muumin et al. (2023) From the Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences Photosynthesis and respiration exert strong opposing effects on dissolved gases in earthen ponds. During daylight this provides oxygen to the water while removing carbon dioxide. At night, fish, plankton, and sediment respiration consumes the available O2 and produces CO2. This leads...Read More
Researchers headed by a team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have devised a new way to turn cancer cells into potent anticancer agents. Scientists in the lab of Khalid Shah, PhD, developed a cell therapy approach to eliminate established tumors and induce long-term immunity, training the immune system so that it can prevent cancer from...Read More
By Shija et. al. (2022) From the Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences The ability of smallholder dairy farming systems (SHDFS) to achieve desirable lactation-curve characteristics is constrained or reduced by environmental stresses. Under stressful production environments in the tropics, the better lactation-curve characteristics in smallholder dairy farms are a result of improved dairy...Read More
By Jacob Mosenda Education writer/journalist with The Citizen Mwananchi Communication Limited SUA’s vision of being a leading university in the provision of quality knowledge, skills and innovations in agriculture and allied sciences was yet again actualised on the main campus (Edward Moringe) situated 3km south of Morogoro Municipality. With the mission to undertake training, research in...Read More
Scientists led by researchers from the Transmission: Zero team at Imperial College London have engineered mosquitoes that slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in their guts, and prevent transmission of the disease to humans. The mosquitoes carry a genetic modification that causes them to produce compounds in the gut that stunt the growth of the...Read More
