Prevalence of three honey bee viruses in Turkey

Gümüşova S., Albayrak H., Kurt M., Yazıcı Z.

VETERINARSKI ARHIV, cilt.80, sa.6, ss.779-785, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 80 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: VETERINARSKI ARHIV
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.779-785
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: honey bee viruses, chronic bee paralysis virus, black queen cell virus, acute bee paralysis virus, Varroa destructor, reverse-transcriptase PCR, MITE VARROA-JACOBSONI, APIS-MELLIFERA L., QUEEN CELL VIRUS, PARALYSIS VIRUS, INFECTION, COLONIES
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, 10 worker bees from each of 28 different apiaries were collected (a total of 280 honey bees) from 6 provinces of the Black Sea region in Turkey. These samples were tested by Reverse-Transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), for three honey bee viruses: acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV), chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) and black queen cell virus (BQCV). In addition, the samples were microscopically examined for Varroa destructor. In conclusion, CBPV, BQCV and Varroa destructor were identified in 25%, 21.42% and 53.57% of the bees respectively, but ABPV could not be detected in apiaries. This is the first report of CBPV, BQCV in Turkey.