American foulbrood: A review of its biology, diagnosis and control

Bee World

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-23

  Hansen, Henrik ^a   Brødsgaard, Camilla Juul ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

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APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033473131     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.1999.11099415     Document Type: Article

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