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American foulbrood
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English
Noun
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A highly contagious and destructive disease of bees caused by the spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae species 0.
1951, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Committee Prints (issue 3, page 2563)
Cases of American foulbrood cannot always be determined through gross symptoms in the comb.
en AFB initialism
Translations
bee disease caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae
Czech: cs mor včelího plodu m-in
French: fr loque américaine f
German: de Amerikanische Faulbrut f
Macedonian: mk амери́кански гни́лец m
Polish: pl zgnilec amerykański m-an
Slovak: sk mor včelieho plodu m-in
Spanish: es loque americana f
Swedish: sv amerikansk yngelröta c
See also
en European foulbrood
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