Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:07:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-12-01; We use a version of the meson cloud model, including the kaon and the K* contributions, to estimate the electric and magnetic strange form factors of the nucleon. We compare our results with the recent measurements of the strange quark contribution to parity-violating asymmetries in the forward G0 elect...