Preventive action of fumagillin on the degree of infection with Nosema apis in the digestive tract of bees

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 241-251

  Mladjan, V ^a   Todorovic, D ^a   Lolin, Miroslava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Fumagillin; Nosema disease; Pathohistology; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347016058     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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