Kiriamburi, Joseph and John, Jamleck Muturi and Mugweru, Julius and Forsgren, Eva and Nilsson, Anna
(2022).
Short Communication: Efficacy of Two Commercial Disinfectants on Paenibacillus larvae Spores.
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
, 884425
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Paenibacillus larvae is a spore-forming bacterium causing American foulbrood (AFB) in honey bee larvae. The remains of a diseased larva contains billions of extremely resilient P. larvae spores viable for decades. Burning clinically symptomatic colonies is widely considered the only workable strategy to prevent further spread of the disease, and the management practices used for decontamination requires high concentrations of chemicals or special equipment. The aim of this study was to test and compare the biocidal effect of two commercially available disinfectants, "Disinfection for beekeeping" and Virkon S on P. larvae. The two products were applied to P. larvae spores in suspension as well as inoculated on two common beehive materials, wood and Styrofoam. "Disinfection for beekeeping" had a 100 % biocidal effect on P. larvae spores in suspension compared to 87.0-88.6% for Virkon S which, however, had a significantly better effect on P. larvae on Styrofoam. The two disinfectants had similar effect on infected wood material.
| Authors/Creators: | Kiriamburi, Joseph and John, Jamleck Muturi and Mugweru, Julius and Forsgren, Eva and Nilsson, Anna | ||||||
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| Title: | Short Communication: Efficacy of Two Commercial Disinfectants on Paenibacillus larvae Spores | ||||||
| Series Name/Journal: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science | ||||||
| Year of publishing : | 2022 | ||||||
| Article number: | 884425 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 4 | ||||||
| Publisher: | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2297-1769 | ||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||
| Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
| Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
| Version: | Published version | ||||||
| Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
| Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 403 Veterinary Science > Other Veterinary Science (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology | ||||||
| Keywords: | Paenibacillus larvae, American foulbrood, disinfectants, apis mellifera, spores | ||||||
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-117410 | ||||||
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-117410 | ||||||
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| ID Code: | 28344 | ||||||
| Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
| Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Ecology (S) > Dept. of Ecology | ||||||
| Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 15 Jun 2022 12:25 | ||||||
| Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2022 12:31 |
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