Laboratory and field studies on the effects of the antibiotic tylosin on honey bee Apis mellifera l. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) development and prevention of American foulbrood disease

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Peng, Christine Ying Shin ^a   Mussen, Eric ^a   Fong, April ^a   Cheng, Paul ^a   Wong, Geary ^a   Montague, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Antibiotic; Apis mellifera; Bacillus larvae; Honey bees; Laboratory and field tests; Therapeutic effect; Tylosin

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS; BEES; LARVA; TYLOSIN;

EID: 0029681606     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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