Critical aspects of the Nosema spp. diagnostic sampling in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2557-2561

  Botías, Cristina ^a   Martín Hernández, Raquel ^a,b   Meana, Aránzazu ^c   Higes, Mariano ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Patología Apícola   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Recursos Humanos para la Ciencia y Tecnología INCRECYT FEDER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; MYCOLOGY; NOSEMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

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

EID: 84863434073     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2760-2     Document Type: Article

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