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Prof. Wycliffe Wanzala

Associate Professor of Applied Biology

  • Ethnoveterinary medicine: a critical review of its evolution, perception, understanding and the way forward W Wanzala, KH Zessin, NM Kyule, MPO Baumann, E Mathias, … Livestock Research for Rural Development 17 (11), 1-31
  • Control of Taenia saginata by post-mortem examination of carcasses W Wanzala, JA Onyango-Abuje, EK Kang’ethe, KH Zessin, NM Kyule, …African health sciences 3 (2), 68-76
  • A survey of plants and plant products traditionally used in livestock health management in Buuri district, Meru County, Kenya MM Gakuubi, W Wanzala Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 8 (1), 39
  • Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya W Wanzala, W Takken, WR Mukabana, AO Pala, A Hassanali Journal of Ethnopharmacology 140 (2), 298-324
  • Attractive and repellent host odours guide ticks to their respective feeding sites W Wanzala, NFK Sika, S Gule, A Hassanali Chemoecology 14 (3), 229-232
  • Serodiagnosis of bovine cysticercosis by detecting live Taenia saginata cysts using a monoclonal antibody-based antigen-ELISA W Wanzala, JA Onyango-Abuje, EK Kang’ethe, H Ochanda, LJS Harrison Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 73 (4), 201-206
  • Evaluation of an antigen-ELISA in the diagnosis of bovine cysticercosis in Kenyan cattle W Wanzala, NM Kyule, KH Zessin, AJ Onyango-Abuje, KE Kang’ethe, …Parasitology research 100 (3), 539
  • Serodiagnosis of bovine cysticercosis by detecting live Taenia saginata cysts using a monoclonal antibody-based antigen-ELISA W Wanzala, JA Onyango-Abuje, EK Kang’ethe, H Ochanda, LJS Harrison Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 73 (4), 201-206
  • Chemical composition and mosquito repellency of essential oil of Tagetes minuta from the Southern slopes of Mount Elgon in Western Kenya W Wanzala, SB Ogoma Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 16 (2), 216-232
  • Ethnobotanicals for management of the brown ear tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in western Kenya WW Wanzala
  • Analysis of post-mortem diagnosis of bovine cysticercosis in Kenyan cattle W Wanzala, JA Onyango-Abuje, EK Kang’ethe, KH Zessin, NM Kyule, …Online J Vet Res 1, 28-31
  • Repellent activities of essential oils of some plants used traditionally to control the brown ear tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus W Wanzala, A Hassanali, WR Mukabana, W Taken Journal of parasitology research 2014
  • Quest for quality and relevant higher education, training and learning in Kenya: an overview W Wanzala Education Journal 2 (2), 36-49
  • Characterization and evaluation of repellent effect of essential oil of Mangifera indica L. from Kenya OJ Alwala, W Wanzala, RA Inyambukho, EM Osundwa, IO Ndiege Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 13 (1), 85-96
  • A survey of ethnobotany of the AbaWanga people in Kakamega County, western province of Kenya N Shiracko, BO Owuor, MM Gakuubi, W Wanzala NISCAIR-CSIR, India
  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with wildlife and vegetation of Haller park along the Kenyan coastline W Wanzala, S Okanga Journal of medical entomology 43 (5), 789-794
  • Bioactive properties of Tagetes minuta L.(Asteraceae) essential oils: A review MM Gakuubi, W Wanzala, JM Wagacha, SF Dossaji American Journal of Essential Oils and Natural Products 4 (2), 27-36
  • Determination of tannin concentrations in African indigenous vegetables, grains and cassava roots from Emuhaya district, western Kenya JO Alwala, FN Kiema, W Wanzala American Journal of Nutrition and Food Science
  • Tick-borne lymphadenopathy-like condition in an African woman in Kenya W Wanzala, SN Indiana Journal of research in medical sciences: the official journal of Isfahan
  • Distribution of Taenia saginata cysts in carcases and implications for meat inspection W Wanzala, JA Onyango-Abuje, EK Kang’ethe, KH Zessin, MN Kyule,
  • Chemical composition of essential oil of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray from the southern slopes of Mount Elgon in western Kenya W Wanzala, EM Osundwa, OJ Alwala, MM Gakuubi Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants

 

Currently, his on-going research is on the role of African Medicinal Plants in the 21st century and the sustainable use of soils and essential oils as sources of useful pharmaceutical agents.