The contamination of winter stores and early spring honey with spores of Paenibacillus larvae larvae in Polish apiaries of the Malopolska Province

• Autorzy: Lipinski Z. , Szubstarski J. , Szubstarska D. , Kasztelewicz J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We analysed 251 early spring and winter storage honey samples, individually collected from the apiaries of 9 districts of Małopolska province in South Poland and revealed that 51 of these specimens were contaminated with different levels of P. larvae larvae spores Among these samples 8.8% were classified as a category I contamination and 11.5% as a category II - reperesenting 22 (43.1%) and 29 (56.9%) of the total positives, respectively. We conclude from these analyses that: (1) - the total number of new outbreaks of AFB in Poland are most likely to be higher than previously reported, (2) - the quantitative examination of samples of winter stored or early spring honeys for the presence of P. larvae .larvae spores can improve the detection rate of AFB outbreaks, (3) - the high percentage of apiaries that were found to be free of P. larvae larvae (80%) may facilitate the implementation of an AFB eradication programme on a large scale in Poland.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Poland; pathogen; spore concentration; early spring honey; animal disease; Paenibacillus larvae ssp.larvae; honey; parasite; veterinary medicine; eradication programme; honey bee; contamination; Apis mellifera; Malopolska region; American foulbrood

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: 10
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.71-74,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Lipinski Z.

• Specialist Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Biolab, Grunwaldzka 62, 14-100 Ostroda, Poland

autor

Szubstarski J.

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Szubstarska D.

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Kasztelewicz J.

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