Simultaneous stressors: Interactive effects of an immune challenge and dietary toxin can be detrimental to honeybees

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 918-923

  Köhler, Angela ^a,b   Pirk, Christian W W ^a   Nicolson, Susan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera scutellata; Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide; Nicotine; Sugar intake; Survival

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NICOTINE; SUCROSE;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOOD INTAKE; HONEYBEE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SALINITY; SUGAR; SURVIVAL; SYNERGISM; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEE; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BEES; DIET; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NICOTINE; SUCROSE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862882483     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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