Investigation the Exsistence of European Foulbrood Disease in Larvae and Adult Honeybees in Some Regions of Turkey with Conventional PCR Methot

Year 2021, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 56 - 59, 22.06.2021

Serdal Tarhane

https://doi.org/10.31196/huvfd.881082

Abstract

European foulbrood disease caused by Melissoccocus plutonius which gram-positive bacterium that leads to larval deaths with its worldwide prevalence, paving the way for beehives to die away over time. It causes economic losses in honey production. Bee breeding and honey production are economically pivotal in Turkey, and it is vital to analyze the prevalence of this disease. This study aims to identify M. plutonius from the honeycombs suspected of European foulbrood and dead bee samples from the beehives (11 hives in total) that contain honeycombs collected from Cankırı, Hatay, Kars and Konya via conventional PCR method. In this study two samples DNA identified as M. plutonius (18% of total hives).

Keywords

European foulbrood, Honey bees, M. plutonius, Turkey

Thanks

Great thanks to Kafkas University of Veterinary Faculty Microbiology Department for all of their support and contribution.

Türkiye’nin Bazı Bölgelerindeki Larva ve Yetişkin Bal Arılarında Avrupa Yavru Çürüklüğü Hastalığı Varlığının Konvansiyonel PCR Yöntemi ile Araştırılması

Abstract

Avrupa yavru çürüklüğü hastalığı Melissoccocus plutonius Gram-pozitif bakteri etkenli bir hastalık olup dünya çapında yaygınlığıyla larva ölümlerine yol açmakta, arı kovanlarının zamanla sönmesine ve bal üretiminde ekonomik kayıplara yol açmaktadır. Özellikle arı yetiştiriciliği ve bal üretiminin ekonomik olarak önem arz ettiği ülkemizde bu hastalığın yaygınlığının araştırılması önemini korumaktadır. Bu araştırmada Çankırı, Hatay, Kars ve Konya illerinden toplanan Avrupa yavru çürüklüğü şüpheli petek ve bu petekleri içeren kovanların (toplam 11 kovan) önünden alınan ölü arı örneklerinden konvansiyonel PCR yöntemiyle bu hastalık etkeni M. plutonius’un varlığı tespit edilmeye çalışıldı. Alınan kovanlara ait örneklerin 2’sinde (toplam kovanların %18’inde) M. plutonius varlığı tespit edildi.

Keywords

Avrupa yavru çürüklüğü, Bal arıları, M. plutonius, Türkiye

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