Short Communication: Efficacy of Two Commercial Disinfectants on Paenibacillus larvae Spores

Short Communication: Efficacy of Two Commercial Disinfectants on Paenibacillus larvae Spores

Paenibacillus larvae is a spore-forming bacterium causing American foulbrood (AFB) in honey bee larvae. The remains of a diseased larva contains billions of extremely resilient P. larvae spores viable for decades. Burning clinically symptomatic colonies is widely considered the only workable strateg...

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Main Authors: Joseph Kiriamburi, Jamleck Muturi, Julius Mugweru, Eva Forsgren, Anna Nilsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
Paenibacillus larvae
American foulbrood
disinfectants
apis mellifera
spores
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.884425/full

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