Diagnosis of American foulbrood in honey bees: A synthesis and proposed analytical protocols

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-590

  De Graaf, D C ^a   Alippi, A M ^b   Brown, M ^c   Evans, J D ^d   Feldlaufer, M ^d   Gregorc, A ^e   Hornitzky, M ^f   Pernal, S F ^g   Schuch, D M T ^h   Titra D ⁱ   Tomkies, V ^c   Ritter, W ^j  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^f NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^g AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^h PECUÁRIA E ABASTECIMENTO   (Brazil)

ⁱ Bee Research Institute   (Czech Republic)

^j Tierhygienisches Institut Freiburg   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Apiculture; Brood; Diagnosis; Disease; Honey bee; Paenibacillus larvae; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS; APICULTURE; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BROOD; CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; HONEY BEE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PATHOGENIC AGENTS;

DIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PATHOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BACTERIAL DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LARVA; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSPECIES;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROGENESIS; SYMPTOM;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. PULVIFACIENS;

EID: 33750735719     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02057.x     Document Type: Article

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