Prevalence and distribution of Nosema ceranae in Croatian honeybee colonies

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 457-462

  Gajger, Ivana Tlak ^a   Vugrek, O ^b   Grilec, D ^a   Petrinec, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Distribution; Honey bees; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 77958157300     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/2983-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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