CT-supported analysis of the destructive effects of Varroa destructor on the pre-imaginal development of honey bee, Apis mellifera
| Autor: | Ádám Csóka, Sándor Keszthelyi, Tamás Donkó, Tamás Sipos |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Kaposvár University |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Veterinary medicine impairment animal structures Parasitism Computed tomography Biology 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences Hemolymph Mite medicine honey bee Destructor pre-imaginal development [SDV.BDD]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology [SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health medicine.diagnostic_test fungi Honey bee biology.organism_classification Pupa 010602 entomology 030104 developmental biology Insect Science Varroa destructor computer tomography |
| Zdroj: | Apidologie Apidologie, 2021, 52 (1), pp.155-162. ⟨10.1007/s13592-020-00805-x⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0044-8435 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13592-020-00805-x⟩ |
| Popis: | The ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, is a most important health risk for European honey bee subspecies (Apis mellifera) globally. There is a scarcity in experimental approaches addressing this issue by using computed tomography. Our purpose was to determine the decrease in the volume, surface, density and weight alteration triggered by V. destructor in pre-imaginal stages of A. mellifera using computer-based 3-D reconstruction technology. Computer tomography used in the current study proved to be sufficiently sensitive for the detection of V. destructor in comb cells. This non-invasive experimental setup revealed that the developing worker pupae have retained their volume and surface values, whereas the weight loss triggered by V. destructor was statistically confirmed. In addition, the disappearance of lower radiodensity tissues is shown to be due to mite parasitism, which can be primarily explained by haemolymph losses. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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