Naslov
Experimental treatment of Nosema disease with the herbal preparation ‘Nozevit’ - a preliminary report

Autori
Tlak Gajger, Ivana ; Petrinec, Zdravko ; Pinter, Ljiljana, Kozarić, Zvonimir

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
The Beekeepers Quarterly / Phipps, J. - Lahti : Northern Bee Books, 2009, 46-47

Skup
66th Annual North American Beekeeping Conference

Mjesto i datum
Reno (NV), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 13.01.2009. - 17.01.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
medonosna pčela; nozemoza; Nozevit
(honeybee; nosemosis; Noevit)

Sažetak
Nosema disease is a microsporidian Nosema sp. parasitic disease of adult bees (Apis mellifera), which in adverse living conditions creates long-lived spores. The disease is spread worldwide, including Croatia, and it causes significant losses to apiculture and the economy in general. EU and Croatian legal regulations prohibit the use of antibiotics in the treatment of bee diseases, due to possible development of resistance to the chemotherapeutic agents used, the masking of disease, and possible relapses, as well as harmful antibiotic residuals or their secondary metabolites in bee products. Therefore, the production and use of natural herbal preparations in the treatment of Nosema disease is a necessity. The aim of this research was to test the performance of the herbal preparation ‘Nozevit’ as a preventive measure when bees were artificially infected with N. apis spores, and its curative effect in the treatment of bees already affected by Nosema disease. Also, the midgut structure was histologically analysed in order to determine the mechanism of the action of the tested preparation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Veterinarska medicina

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