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
Kazimir Matović +6 more
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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. Our dataset comes from an inspection period carried out during an AFB epidemic of honeybee colonies on the island of Jersey during the summer of
Datta S, Bull JC, Budge GE, Keeling MJ.
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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.
M. Khezri +5 more
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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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Correction to: American foulbrood in a honeybee colony: spore-symptom relationship and feedbacks between disease and colony development [PDF]
BMC Ecology, 2020 Unfortunately, the original version of the article [1] contained an error. The author has brought to our attention that the article title is truncated in the published version.
Jörg G. Stephan +2 more
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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 ...
Moharrami M +3 more
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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.
Beata Bąk +4 more
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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 ...
Ewa Jończyk-Matysiak +15 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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Optimal Concentration of Organic Solvents to be Used in the Broth Microdilution Method to Determine the Antimicrobial Activity of Natural Products Against Paenibacillus Larvae [PDF]
Journal of Apicultural Science, 2017 American Foulbrood (AFB) is a bacterial disease, caused by Paenibacillus larvae, that affects honeybees (Apis mellifera). Alternative strategies to control AFB are based on the treatment of the beehives with antimicrobial natural substances such as ...
Cugnata Noelia Melina +4 more
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