American foulbrood
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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.
- 1951, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Committee Prints (issue 3, page 2563)
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bee disease caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae
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