American foulbrood of the honey bee: Occurrence and distribution of different genotypes of Paenibacillus larvae in the administrative district of Arnsberg (North Rhine-Westphalia)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-104

  Peters, M ^a,b   Kilwinski, J ^a,b   Beringhoff, A ^a,b   Reckling, D ^a,b   Genersch, E ^a,b  

^a The Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Arnsberg   (Germany)

^b Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde Hohen Neuendorf ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACILLACEAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33745108813     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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