National Honey Bee Breeding Strategy 2024-2029
In all livestock industries, genetic selection has been used to increase animal productivity and, by extension, enterprise profitability. The Australian honey bee industry is no...
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Published: 1 Feb 2005
Author(s): Hornitzky, Michael
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In recent years OTC-resistant strains have emerged in the United States of America, Canada and Argentina. The aim of this study was to; (i) acquire a range of P. l. larvae from around Australia and determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of OTC to these isolates, (ii) determine the MIC of OTC to P. l. larvae isolates obtained from imported honey and (iii) compare current OTC sensitivities to the MICs of P. l. larvae isolates collected in the late 1980s. 2005, 12pp, Pub. No. 05/021, $16