American Foulbrood—Old and Always New Challenge [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2023 American foulbrood (AFB) is exclusively an infectious disease of honey bee larvae (Apis mellifera) and their subspecies that is spread easily and rapidly and is often present in apiaries. Due to the resistance and pathogenicity of the bacterial causative
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Role of Honey Bee Gut Microbiota in the Control of American Foulbrood and European Foulbrood Diseases. [PDF]
Arch Razi Inst, 2022 American foulbrood (AFB) and European foulbrood (EFB) are the two most important honey bee brood diseases which impose heavy economic losses to the apiculture industry worldwide by reducing bee population and honey production. Treatment with antibiotics has led to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains, calling for alternative safe treatment ...
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In-Field Detection of American Foulbrood (AFB) by Electric Nose Using Classical Classification Techniques and Sequential Neural Networks [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 American foulbrood is a dangerous bee disease that attacks the sealed brood. It quickly leads to the death of bee colonies. Efficient diagnosis of this disease is essential.
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Modelling the spread of American foulbrood in honeybees. [PDF]
J R Soc Interface, 2013 We investigate the spread of American foulbrood (AFB), a disease caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae, that affects bees and can be extremely damaging to beehives.
Datta S, Bull JC, Budge GE, Keeling MJ.
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Phages in Therapy and Prophylaxis of American Foulbrood – Recent Implications From Practical Applications [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 American foulbrood is one of the most serious and yet unsolved problems of beekeeping around the world, because it causes a disease leading to the weakening of the vitality of honey bee populations and huge economic losses both in agriculture and ...
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Lactic acid bacteria in Swedish honey bees during outbreaks of American foulbrood [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe honey bee microbiota is involved in several important functions, and alterations in the composition could have a severe effect on honey bee health.
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Probiotics and postbiotics: a promising prophylactic measure for American foulbrood and European foulbrood diseases of honey bees. [PDF]
Vet Res ForumAmerican foulbrood (AFB) and European foulbrood (EFB) diseases caused by Paenibacillus larvae and Meliscococcus plutonius are prevalent honeybee brood diseases that pose significant economic challenges to the apiculture industry globally.
Mojgani N +7 more
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An Enquiry into the Status of American Foulbrood Therapeutics [PDF]
InsectsManaged colonies of the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, are essential to global food security by ensuring the pollination of a wide array of crops that are crucial for human consumption.
Olivia Ducommun-Dit-Verron +2 more
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Prevalence of American foulbrood in asymptomatic apiaries of Kurdistan, Iran [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2018 Aim: Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae is the etiological agent of American foulbrood (AFB), the most virulent bacterial disease of honey bee brood worldwide.
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American foulbrood in a honeybee colony: spore-symptom relationship and feedbacks [PDF]
BMC Ecology, 2020 Background The most severe bacterial disease of honeybees is American foulbrood (AFB). The epidemiology of AFB is driven by the extreme spore resilience, the difficulty of bees to remove these spores, and the considerable incidence of undetected spore ...
Jörg G. Stephan +2 more
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