American foulbrood

English

Noun

American foulbrood (uncountable)

1. 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