The use of antibiotics is not permitted in Switzerland; moreover, no other medication exists to combat European foul brood. Hives with symptoms must therefore be destroyed in order to limit the outbreak, and the contaminated material must be sanitised. Since prevention is the best cure, early detection is desirable. Numerous studies have been undertaken and documents have been created at the Swiss Bee Research Centre and elsewhere to draw the attention of beekeepers to these problems and inform them about the causes and the control measures to be implemented.

Merkblatt zur erkennung von Bienenbrutkrankheiten (German (PDF, 357 kB, 18.10.2017) and French (PDF, 226 kB, 02.02.2017))
M. Tschumi (2011)

Publication List

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Publication List

Publications Giuseppe Bee

Girard M., Tretola M., Bee G.
Comparaison de microbiote chez des porcelets de poids de naissance et de croissance contrastés.
Journees de la Recherche Porcine en France, 53, 2021, 115-116.

Palumbo F., Bee G., Trevisi P., Badertscher R., Girard M.
Effects of different levels of hemicellulose in sow diet during late gestation and lactation on milk quality and piglet performances.
In: Agroscope PhD-Postdoc symposium 2021. 18. März, Publ. Agroscope, online. 2021, 67.

Millet S., De Smet S., F. Knol E., Bee G., Trevisi P., Vigors S., Nilsson K., van Meensel J.
How two concurrent pandemics put a spoke in the wheel of intensive pig production.
Animal Frontiers, 11, (1), 2021, 14-18.

Seoni E., Battacone G., Ampuero S., Dohme-Meier F., Bee G.
Impact of increasing levels of condensed tannins from sainfoin in the grower–finisher diets of entire male pigs on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality.
Animal, 15, (2), 2021, 1-9.

Kasper-Völkl C., Maïkoff G., Bee G.
Effet d’un apport réduit en protéines et acides aminés digestibles pendant toute la période d’engraissement ou seulement en finition sur la performance et l’efficacité du dépôt de protéines de la carcasse chez le porc : Effect of reduced dietary digestible protein and digestible amino acid supply imposed in the grower and finisher period or solely in the finisher period on growth traits and carcass protein deposition efficiency in pigs.
In: Journées Recherche Porcine. 02.02., IFIP - Paris. 2021, 233-234.

Girard M., Tretola M., Bee G.
A single dose of synbiotics and vitamins at birth affects piglet microbiota before weaning and modifies post-weaning performance.
Animals, 11, (1), 2021, 1-14.

Seoni E., Rothacher M., Arrigo Y., Ampuero S., Bee G., Dohme-Meier F.
The fate of tannins from birdsfoot trefoil and their effect on the nitrogen balance in growing lambs fed diets varying in protein level.
Animals, 11, (1), 2021, 1-13.

Girard M., Tretola M., Bee G.
A single dose of synbiotics and vitamins at birth has lasting effects on piglet microbiota and performance.
In: Book of Abstrcats of the 71th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, No 26. 1-4 December, Publ. EAAP, Wageningen Academic Publishers. 2020, 453-453.

Girard M., Lehtimäki A., Bee G., Dohme-Meier F., Karonen M., Salminen JP.
Changes in feed proanthocyanidin profiles during silage production and digestion by lamb.
Molecules, 25, (24), 2020, 1-14.

Rooney H.B., O'Driscoll K., Silacci P., Bee G., O'Doherty J.V., Lawlor P.G.
Effect of dietary L-carnitine supplementation to sows during gestation and/or lactation on sow productivity, muscle maturation and lifetime growth in progeny from large litters.
British Journal of Nutrition, 124, 2020, 43-56.

Tretola M., Bee G., Silacci P.
Gallic acid affects intestinal-epithelial-cell integrity and selected amino-acid uptake in porcine in vitro and ex vivo permeability models.
British Journal of Nutrition, 126, (4), 2020, 492-500.

Bee G., Girard M.
Versuch an Agroscope.
In: BioSchwein 100.0 - Branchentreffen. 16.11., FIBL. 2020, 1-15.

Kasper-Völkl C., Ruiz-Ascacibar I., Stoll P., Bee G.
Suitability of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for determination of nitrogen content of pigs for genetic and nutrition studies: Eignung der Dual-Energie-Röntgenabsorptionsmessung zur Bestimmung des Stickstoffgehalts von Schweinen für Genetik- und Ernährungsstudien.
In: Proceedings of the Society of Nutrition Physiology. 3. März, Publ. Gesellschaft für Ernährungsphysiologie, Göttingen. 2020, 1.

Bee G., Quiniou N., Maribo H., Zamaratskaia G., Lawlor P. G.
Strategies to meet nutritional requirements and reduce boar taint in meat from entire male pigs and immunocastrates.
Animals, 10, (11), 2020, 1-18.

Kasper-Völkl C., Schlegel P., Ruiz-Ascacibar I., Stoll P., Bee G.
Accuracy of predicting chemical body composition of growing pigs using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
Animal, online, 2020, 1-35.

Girard M., Michel G., Duval L., Ducrest C., Bee G.
Un supplément améliore le développement des porcelets de faible poids à la naissance.
Agrarforschung Schweiz, 11, 2020, 141-146.

Bee G., Kasper-Völkl C., Schlegel P.
Effect of reduced dietary protein and amino acid supply imposed in the grower and finisher period or solely in the finisher period on growth traits and carcass protein deposition efficiency in pigs.
In: ADSA-ASAS Midwest Meeting. 2-4 March, Publ. American Society of Animal Science Midwest, Omaha. 2020, 1-8.

Kasper-Völkl C., Ruiz-Ascacibar I., Stoll P., Bee G.
Investigating the potential for genetic improvement of nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency in a Swiss large white pig population using chemical analysis.
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, online, (20 March), 2020, 1-14.

Girard M., Bee G.
Invited review: Tannins as a potential alternative to antibiotics to prevent coliform diarrhea in weaned pigs.
Animal, 14, (1), 2020, 95-107.

Girard M., Hu D., Pradervand N., Neuenschwander S., Bee G.
Chestnut extract but not sodium salicylate decreases the severity of diarrhea and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli F4 shedding in artificially infected piglets.
PLOS ONE, 15, (2; article number e0214267), 2020, 1-19.