From TheNational Agricultural Genotyping Center

摘要

Last September we published an article on this operation. If you recall, NAGC honey bee research and assay development was undertaken with the financial assistance of the National Corn Growers Association and of the North Dakota Department of Agriculture.The full disease panel includes testing for:Acute Bee Paralysis VirusBlack Queen Cell VirusChronic Bee Paralysis VirusDeformed Wing VirusIsraeli Acute Bee Paralysis VirusKashmir Bee VirusLake Sinai Virus 1Lake Sinai Virus 2Slow Bee Paralysis VirusAmerican Foulbrood BacteriaEuropean Foulbrood BacteriaThe NAGC tests are highly specific because the assays are designed to identify the target diseases at the molecular level. Each of the 11 diseases has a specificgenetic code that ourhighly sophisticated instruments can detect.