First detection and dominance of Nosema ceranae in Hungarian honeybee colonies

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Tapaszti, Zsuzsanna ^a   Forgách, Petra ^a   Kovágó, Csaba ^a   Békési, László ^a   Bakonyi, Tamás ^a   Rusvai, Miklós ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Institute for Small Animal Research   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Nosema ceranae; Nosema disease; PCR; RFLP

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; HUNGARY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA;

ANIMALS; BEES; HUNGARY; NOSEMA;

EID: 68549110375     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.57.2009.3.4     Document Type: Article

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