foulbrood
Americannoun
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Origin of foulbrood
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American foulbrood disease is one of the worst diagnoses a beekeeper’s brood can get.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2023
The company, Dalan Animal Health, which is based in Athens, Ga., developed a prophylactic vaccine that protects honeybees from American foulbrood, an aggressive bacterium that can spread quickly from hive to hive.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2023
The new vaccine contains an inactive version of the bacteria that causes American foulbrood disease, Paenibacillus larvae, according to Dalan Animal health.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2023
Poorly bees: in 2014, Bazz, a black labrador from Australia, was trained to detect the widespread and destructive bee disease American foulbrood.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2018
As any beekeeper can tell you, honeybee colonies are susceptible to a number of diseases — from the manageable varroa mites to the devastating American foulbrood.
From Forbes ● Aug. 23, 2012
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