Infection rate based on quantitative real-time PCR of Melissococcus plutonius, the causal agent of European foulbrood, in honeybee colonies before and after apiary sanitation

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-371

  Roetschi, Alexandra ^a   Berthoud, Hélène ^a   Kuhn, Rolf ^a   Imdorf, Anton ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Epidemiology; Foulbrood; Melissococcus plutonius; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HONEYBEE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SYMPTOM; WORKER CASTE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS;

EID: 44449178454     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:200819     Document Type: Article

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