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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-100-6-0316

SOUČASNÉ STRATEGIE V TLUMENÍ MORU A HNILOBY VČELÍHO PLODU V CHOVECH VČEL

CURRENT STRATEGIES IN THE MITIGATION OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN FOULBROOD IN APIARIES

Matej Pospiech1, Jan Dobeš1, Martin Pijáček2, Lenka Kudělková3
1 Ústav hygieny a technologie potravin rostlinného původu, Fakulta veterinární hygieny a ekologie, Veterinární univerzita Brno, Palackého tř. 1946/1, 612 42 Brno, Česká republika
2 Oddělení patologické morfologie (NRL pro zdraví včel), SVÚ Olomouc, Jakoubka ze Stříbra 1, 779 00 Olomouc, Česká republika
3 Ústav výživy zvířat a pícninářství, Agronomická fakulta, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika


The article summarizes current knowledge regarding American Foulbrood and European Foulbrood in the context of the amendment to Decree No. 144/2023 Coll., which redefines the legislative framework for the control of these infections. Although complete eradication of the causative agents cannot be expected in the foreseeable future, the new regulation harmonizes veterinary procedures for both diseases. The shift away from the blanket destruction of entire apiaries towards the selective culling of positive colonies brings significant economic and ethical benefits to beekeepers. A comparison with foreign strategies suggests that this approach does not increase the risk of worsening the epizootiological situation and contributes to greater transparency in the legislative environment.

Keywords: Paenibacillus larvae, Melissococcus plutonius, decree No. 144/2023 Coll.

pages: 316-322, online: 2026



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