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KARI Muguga North Research Centre
Tel: (066) 32106/7, 32000, 32703
Fax: (066) 32450
The Muguga North Research Centre is in Kiambu District,
Central Province, at an altitude of 2096 mm, latitude 1o
13'S, and longitude 36o38'E. The mean annual rainfall is
2096m and the mean annual evaporation is 1716 mm.
The centre's mandate is conduct applied and basic research
and to develop cost-effective diagnostic tests and control
measures of livestock diseases, and transfer of technology
related to tick-borne diseases, viral, helminth, mycoplasmal
and bacterial diseases of livestock.
Research activities conducted by the centre aim at disease
pathogenesis, transmission and pathology, and transferring
technologies to users through various uptake pathways.
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