The use of lysozyme-HCl and nisin to control the causal agent of chalkbrood disease (Ascosphaera apis (Maassen ex Claussen) Olive and Spiltoir) in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Chalkbrood, caused by Ascosphaera apis (Maassen ex Claussen) Olive & Spiltor, is a cosmopolitan fungal disease of honey bee larvae (Apis mellifera L.) for which there is no chemotherapeutic control. Using in vitro larval rearing methods, lysozyme-HCl, a food-grade antimicrobial extracted from he...

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Main Author: Van Haga, Amanda L.
Other Authors: Keddie, B. Andrew (Biological Sciences)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10048/1439

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