Does fumagillin control the recently detected invasive parasite Nosema ceranae in western honey bees (Apis mellifera)?

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-344

  Williams, Geoffrey R ^a   Sampson, Michelle A ^a   Shutler, Dave ^a   Rogers, Richard E L ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Wildwood Labs Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Emerging diseases; Fumagillin; Honey bee; Microsporidian; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; FUMAGILLIN; SESQUITERPENE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BEES; CYCLOHEXANES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; SEASONS; SESQUITERPENES;

APIS MELLIFERA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 54849427053     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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