Vertical transmission of honey bee viruses in a Belgian queen breeding program

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ravoet, Jorgen ^a   De Smet, Lina ^a   Wenseleers, Tom ^b   de Graaf, Dirk C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eggs; Honey bee; Negative strand detection; Vertical transmission; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; APHID LETHAL PARALYSIS VIRUS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; CHRONIC BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; SACBROOD VIRUS; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEE; BELGIUM; COLONY COLLAPSE; INSECT VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEES; BELGIUM; COLONY COLLAPSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSECT VIRUSES;

EID: 84928252380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0386-9     Document Type: Article

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