Nosema ceranae induced mortality in honey bees (Apis mellifera) depends on infection methods

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-44

  Milbrath, Meghan O ^b   Xie, Xianbing ^a,b   Huang, Zachary Y ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Carbon dioxide; Microsporidian; Nosema ceranae

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BEE; COLONY COLLAPSE; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; CARBON DIOXIDE; MICROSPORIDIAN; NOSEMA CERANAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLONY COLLAPSE; NOSEMA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880816495     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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