Efficacy of natural propolis extract in the control of American Foulbrood

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 324-331

  Antúnez, Karina ^a   Harriet, Jorge ^b   Gende, Liesel ^c,d   Maggi, Matías ^c,d   Eguaras, Martin ^c,d   Zunino, Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b Apicultura   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

American Foulbrood; Honeybee disease; Natural treatments; Paenibacillus larvae; Propolis ethanolic extract

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; PROPOLIS; SUGAR;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HONEY; HONEYBEE; INFECTION CONTROL; LETHAL DOSE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; SYRUP;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEES; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS; LARVA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROPOLIS; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 50049100356     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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