Nosema ceranae induced mortality in honey bees (Apis mellifera) depends on infection methods.
J Invertebr Pathol
; 114(1): 42-4, 2013 Sep.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23711414
ABSTRACT
Nosema ceranae infection can reduce survival of the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, but experiments examining its virulence have highly variable results. This variation may arise from differences in experimental techniques. We examined survival effects of two techniques Nosema infection at day 1 without anesthesia and infection at day 5 using CO2 anesthesia. All bees infected with the latter method had poorer survival. Interestingly, these bees also had significantly fewer spores than bees infected without anesthesia. These results indicate that differences in Nosema ceranae-induced mortality in honey bees may be partially due to differences in experimental techniques.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bees
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Nosema
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
J Invertebr Pathol
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States