Characteristics of Nosema ceranae infection in Serbian honey bee colonies

Apidologie

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 522-536

  Stevanovic, Jevrosima ^a   Simeunovic, Predrag ^a   Gajic, Bojan ^a   Lakic, Nada ^b   Radovic, Dejan ^b   Fries, Ingemar ^c   Stanimirovic, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; faeces; Nosema ceranae; nosemosis type C

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC MARKER; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

SERBIA;

EID: 84884241165     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0203-z     Document Type: Article

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