INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF BROWSE SPECIES AND NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF DOMINANT INDIGENOUS BROWSE SPECIES IN THE KAVANGO WEST REGION OF NAMIBIA

Indigenous knowledge of browse species and nutritional quality of dominant indigenous browse species in the Kavango West Region of Namibia

Abstract Livestock production is crucial to the livelihoods of rural Namibians but highly constrained by feed shortages due to climate change and bush encroachment.The study investigated the grazing and feeding practices and indigenous knowledge of browsable and non-browsable species by interviewing 30 small-scale farmers in the Kavango West Region

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Farnesyltransferase inhibitor lonafarnib suppresses respiratory syncytial virus infection by blocking conformational change of fusion glycoprotein

Abstract Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in young children and the elderly.There are currently no approved RSV-specific therapeutic small molecules available.Using high-throughput antiviral screening, we identified an oral drug, the prenylation inhibitor lonafarnib, which showed potent inhibition

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