Spatial distribution of Melissococcus plutonius in adult honey bees collected from apiaries and colonies with and without symptoms of European foulbrood

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-140

  Belloy, Luc ^a   Imdorf, Anton ^b   Fries, Ingemar ^c   Forsgren, Eva ^c   Berthoud, Hélène ^b   Kuhn, Rolf ^b   Charrière, Jean Daniel ^b  

^a Institut Galli Valerio   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult honey bee; Epidemiology; European foulbrood; Melissococcus plutonius; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BEE; COLONY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547413856     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006069     Document Type: Article

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