Can fatty acids and oxytetracycline protect artificially raised larvae from developing European foulbrood?

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-159

  Giersch, Thomas ^a   Barchia, Idris ^a   Hornitzky, Michael ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

European foulbrood treatment; Fatty acids; Melissococcus plutonius; Oxytetracycline; Paenibacillus alvei

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; FATTY ACID; HONEYBEE; LARVA; MORTALITY; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS ALVEI;

EID: 77950539868     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009066     Document Type: Article

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