The occurrence of Melissococcus plutonius in healthy colonies of Apis mellifera and the efficacy of European foulbrood control measures

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-170

  Budge, Giles E ^a   Barrett, Ben ^a   Jones, Ben ^a   Pietravalle, Stéphane ^a   Marris, Gay ^a   Chantawannakul, Panuwan ^b   Thwaites, Richard ^a   Hall, Jayne ^a   Cuthbertson, Andrew G S ^a   Brown, Mike A ^a  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Detection; Disease control; Epidemiology; Honey bee; Oxytetracycline; QPCR; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BEES; ENGLAND; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; WALES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS;

EID: 77956183147     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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