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Investigation into post-harvest losses of cured Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Kenya

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posted on 2018-01-09, 11:47 authored by Nancy K. Gitonga
A survey of causes of post-harvest losses of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) carried out in Kenya in 1987, revealed that losses are experienced by both fish processors and traders of cured fish during processing, handling and storage. The heaviest losses occur during the rainy season which also corresponds to the period when the highest catches are realised. The major causes of losses were found to be bacterial deterioration, blowfly larvae infestation, moulds and fragmentation. [Continues.]

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British Council. Kenya, government. International Development Research Centre (Nairobi).

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

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© N.K. Gitonga

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

Publication date

1990

Notes

A Master's Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy at Loughborough University.

Language

  • en

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