Authors : Noureddine Adjlane, Nizar Haddad and Saliha Kechih
Abstract: American foulbrood is a bacterial disease caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Paenibacillus larvae and is the most dangerous disease of the honeybee. The objective of this study is to compare the methods of detection of this bacterium in different products and samples from the hive. The samples of honey bees, wax, pollen and debris were taken from the hive during Spring period of 2013. Different microbiological methods were used for detection of the bacteria. MYPGP the culture medium is used during all the identifications of the bacterium. The results show that the diagnosis of the disease is more effective in samples of honey and bees than the detection of the bacteria in the wax, pollen and debris from the hive. Even in the absence of symptoms of the disease, the bacteria can be detected in honey or bees.
Noureddine Adjlane, Nizar Haddad and Saliha Kechih, 2014. Comparative Study Between Techniques for the Diagnosis of American Foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae) in Honeybee Colony. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 13: 970-973.