Comparative study of tylosin, erythromycin and oxytetracycline to control American foulbrood of honey bees

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 149-158

  Alippi, Adriana M ^a   Albo, Graciela N ^b   Leniz, Daniel ^b   Rivera, Inés ^c   Zanelli, Marta L ^c   Roca, Amelia E ^a,b,c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Antibiotics; Apis mellifera; Control methods; Erythromycin; Field tests; High pressure liquid chromatography; Honey bees; Oxytetracycline; Paenibacillus larvae larvae; Tylosin

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 0033259676     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1999.11101005     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. ALIPPI, A M, (1991) A comparison of laboratory techniques for the detection of significant bacteria of the honey bee Apis mellifera, in Argentina. Journal of Apicultural Research 30:75–80.
2. ALIPPI, A M, (1992) Characterization of Bacillus larvae White, the causative agent of AFB of honey bees. First record of its occurrence in Argentina. Revista Argentina de Microbiolología 24:67–72.
3. ALIPPI, A M, (1994) Sensibilidad in vitro de Bacillus larvae frente a diferentes agentes antimicrobianos. Vida Apícola 66:20–24.
4. ALIPPI, A M, (1996) Caracterización de aislamientos de Paenibacillus larvae mediante tipo bioquímico y resistencia a oxitetraciclina. Revista Argentina de Microbiología 28:197–203.
5. ASH, C,; PRIEST, F G,; COLLINS, M D, (1993) Molecular identification of rRNA group 3 bacilli (Ash, Farrow, Wallbanks and Collins) using a PCR probe test. Proposal for the creation of a new genus Paenibacillus. Antonie Van Lewuwenhoek 64:253–260.
6. BAILEY, L,; BALL, B V, (1991) Honey bee pathology. Academic Press; London, UK; pp 35–41 (2nd edition).
7. COCHRAN, W G,; COX, G M, (1957) Experimental designs. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; New York, USA; 617 pp (2nd edition).
8. COX, D R, (1977) Analysis of binary data. Chapman & Hall; London, UK (2nd edition).
9. CRANE, E, (1975) Honey:a comprehensive survey. IBRA and Heinemann; London, UK.
10. DUSTMANN, J H, (1993) Natural defense mechanisms of a honey bee colony against diseases. American Bee Journal 133:431–434.
11. GLINSKI, Z,; RZEDZICKI, J, (1977a) Evaluation of Bacillus larvae to antibiotics and sulphonamides isolated in Poland in 1962–1971. Polskie Archiwun Weterynaryjne 20(1):9–16.
12. GLINSKI, Z,; RZEDZICKI, J, (1977b) A comparison of the activity of certain new sulphonamide preparations against Bacillus larvae and other bacilli isolated from honey bees. Polskie Archiwun Weterynaryjne 20(3):9–19.
13. GOUGH, H J,; MCINDOE, E C,; LEWIS, G B, (1994) The use of dimethoate as a reference compound in laboratory acute toxicity tests on honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) 1981–1992. Journal of Apicultural Research 33:119–125.
14. GRGURINOVICH, N,; MATTHEWS, A, (1988) Analysis of erythromycin and roxithromycin in plasma or serum by high-performance liquid chromatography using electrochemical detection. Journal of Chromatography 433:298–304.
15. HEYNDRICKX, M,; VANDEMEULEBROECKE, K,; HOSTE, B,; JANSSEN, P,; KERSTERS, K,; DE VOS, P,; LOGAN, N A,; ALI, N,; KERKELEY, R C W, (1996) Reclassification of Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) pulvifaciens (Nakamura 1984) Ash et al., 1993, a later subjective synonym of Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) larvae (White 1906) Ash et al. 1994, as a subspecies of P. larvae, with emended descriptions of P. larvae as P. larvae subsp. larvae and P. larvae subsp. pulvifaciens. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 46:270–279.
16. HITCHCOCK, J D,; MOFFETT, J O,; LACKETT J J,; ELLIOT, J R, (1970) Tylosin for control of American foulbrood disease in honey bees. Journal of Economic Entomology 63:204–207.
17. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR BEE BOTANY (1985) Third symposium on the harmonization of methods for testing the toxicity of pesticides to bees. Rothamsted Experimental Station; Harpenden, UK.
18. KRAUS B,; KOENINGER, N,; FUCHS, S, (1994) Screening substances for their effect on Varroa jacobsoni:attractiveness, repellency, toxicity and masking effects of ethereal oils. Journal of Apicultural Research 33:34–43.
19. LEIGHTON, T, (1986a) Field studies on the effectiveness of alternative antibiotics compared to OTC. Final report, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture; Project # 1504.
20. LEIGHTON, T, (1986b) Effectiveness and optimal selection of antibiotics for control of AFB disease. Final report, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture; Project # 5828.
21. MATHESON, A,; REID, M, (1992) Strategies for the prevention and control of AFB. Parts I, II & III. American Bee Journal 132(6):399–402; 133(7):471–475; 134(8):534–547.
22. MATSUKA M,; NAKAMURA, H, (1990) Oxytetracycline residues in honey and royal jelly. Journal of Apicultural Research 29:112–117.
23. MOATS, W A, (1983) Determination of tylosin in tissues, milk and blood serum by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. Instrumental analysis of foods. Vol. 1. Academic Press; UK; pp 357–365.
24. MOFFETT, J O,; HITCHCOCK, J D,; LACKETT, J J,; ELLIOT, J R, (1970) Evaluation of some new compounds in controlling American foulbrood. Journal of Apicultural Research 9:39–44.
25. OLDROYD, B P,; GOODMAN, R D,; HORNITZKY, M A Z,; CHANDLER, D, (1989) The effect on American foulbrood of standard oxyte- tracycline hydrochloride treatments for the control of European foulbrood of honeybees (Apis mellifera). Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 40:691–697.
26. PENG, Y-S C,; MUSSEN, E,; FONG, A,; MONTAGUE, M A,; TYLER, T, (1992) Effects of chlortetracycline of honey bee worker larvae reared in vitro. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 60:127–133.
27. PENG, Y-S C,; MUSSEN, E,; FONG, A,; CHENG, P,; WONG, G,; MONTAGUE, M A, (1996) 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 67:65–71.
28. ROTH, L A,; KWAN, S,; SPORNS, P, (1986) Use of a disc-assay system to detect oxytetracycline residues in honey. Journal of Food Protection 49:436–441.
29. SAS (1988) Technical Report P-179. Additional SAS/STAT procedures, release 6.4. SAS Institute Inc.; Cary, NC, USA.
30. SAS (1992) SAS/STAT user's guide, release 6.04. SAS Institute Inc.; Carry, NC, USA.
31. SCHWARTZ, D P,; SHERMA, J, (1986) Practical screening procedure for sulphatiazole in honey. Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists 69:72–74.
32. STEEL, R G D,; TORRIE, J H, (1980) Principles and procedures of statistics. A biometrical approach. McGraw Hill; USA (2nd edition).
33. TOUMANOFF C,; MALMANCHE, L, (1959) L'action des antibiotiques sur des souches de Bacillus larvae White d'origine géographique différente. Annales Institute Pasteur 96:140–144.
34. TSUJI, K,; GOETZ, J F, (1978) Elevated column temperature for the highperformance liquid chromatographic determination of erythromycin and erythromycin ethylsuccinate. Journal of Chro- matography 157:185–196.
35. WILSON, W,; ELLIOT, J R,; HITCHCOCK, J D, (1971) Low recurrence of AFB in honeybee colonies previously treated with drugs. American Bee Journal 111:430–431.