American foulbrood

English

Noun

American foulbrood (uncountable)

A highly contagious and destructive disease of bees caused by the spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae.
- 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.

Synonyms

AFB

Derived terms

AFB

Translations

bee disease caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae

Czech: mor včelího plodu m inan
French: loque américaine f
German: Amerikanische Faulbrut f
Macedonian: амери́кански гни́лец m (ameríkanski gnílec)
Polish: zgnilec amerykański (pl) m anim
Slovak: mor včelieho plodu m inan
Spanish: loque americana f
Swedish: amerikansk yngelröta c

See also

European foulbrood

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