Idiopathic brood disease syndrome and queen events as precursors of colony mortality in migratory beekeeping operations in the eastern United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 225-233

  vanEngelsdorp, Dennis ^a   Tarpy, David R ^b   Lengerich, Eugene J ^c   Pettis, Jeffery S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood disease; Epidemiology; Honey bee; Mortality; Odds ratio; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; COLONY COLLAPSE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; COLONY COLLAPSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; SACBROOD VIRUS; VARROA;

EID: 84871648187     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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