Susceptibility of four different honey bee species to Nosema ceranae

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 260-265

  Chaimanee, Veeranan ^a   Pettis, Jeffery S ^b   Chen, Yanping ^b   Evans, Jay D ^b   Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong ^a   Chantawannakul, Panuwan ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Apis mellifera; Asian honey bees; Immune gene expression; Nosema ceranae; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ABAECIN; APIDAECIN; HYMENOPTAECIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HONEYBEE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA CERENAE INFECTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NOSEMA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 84873749709     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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