European foulbrood in honey bees

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Forsgren, Eva ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; European foulbrood; Melissococcus plutonius

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; EPIDEMIC; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HONEY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS; HONEY;

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

EID: 73649117128     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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