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 Guy Vergères

Vergères G., Bütikofer U.
Die gastrointestinale Mikrobiota: Ein Schlüsselelement zwischen Ernährung und Gesundheit.
Schweizer Zeitschrift für Ernährungsmedizin, 1, 2023, 17-20.

Li K. J., Pimentel K. J., Brouwer-Brolsma E., Blaser C., Badertscher R., Pimentel G., Portmann R., Feskens E., Vergères G.
Identifying plasma and urinary biomarkers of fermented food intake and their associations with cardiometabolic health in a dutch observational cohort.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 71, (10), 2023, 4426-4439.

Guggisberg D., Pimentel K. J., Walther B., Badertscher R., Blaser C., Portmann R., Schmid A., Radtke T., Saner H., Fournier N., Bütikofer U., Vergères G.
Molecular effects of the consumption of margarine and butter varying in trans fat composition: A parallel human intervention study.
Lipids in Health and Disease, 21, 2022, 1-19.

Wüthrich C., de Figueiredo M., Pimentel K. J., Vergères G., Wahl F., Zenobi R., Giannoukos S.
Breath response following a nutritional challenge monitored by secondary electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry.
Journal of Breath Research, 16, (4), 2022, 1-12.

Bütikofer U., Badertscher R., Blaser C., Fuchsmann P., Tena Stern M., Kuert P. A., Pimentel G., Pimentel K. J., Vionnet N., Vergères G.
Serum and urine metabolites in healthy men after consumption of acidified milk and yogurt.
Nutrients, 14, (22), 2022, 1-23.

Li K. J., Pimentel K. J., Brouwer-Brolsma E.M., Vergères G., Feskens E.J.M.
How can new personalized nutrition tools improve health?
Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, 2022, 1-8.

Roder T., Pimentel G., Bär C., Von Ah U., Bruggmann R., Vergères G.
Can eating bacteria from fermented foods support your health?
Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, 2022, 1-8.

Vergères G.
Sollen die Gene das Menü diktieren?
In: Treffpunkt Science City ETH Zurich. 13. März, ETH Zurich. 2022.

Pimentel G., Roder T., Bär C., Sattari Z, Von Ah U., Fernandez Trigo N, Bruggmann R, Macpherson AJ, Ganal-Vonarburg SC, Vergères G.
Feeding germ-free pregnant mice with a fermented dairy product activating the Aryl hydrocarbon receptor increases postnatal intestinal group 3 innate lymphoid cells in pups.
In: Online NuGO week 2021 – 17th edition. Immuno-nutrigenomics: How to feed the immune system. 06.09., Publ. NuGO. 2021, 1-17.

Guggisberg D., Joosten H., Fuchsmann P., Vergères G.
Nutrimetabolomics: concepts and applications.
In: Foodomics: Omic Strategies and Applications in Food Science. Publ. Jorge Barros-Velázquez, Royal Society of Chemistry. 2021, 374-415.

Li K., Pimentel K. J., Brouwer-Brolsma EM., Feskens EJM., Blaser C., Badertscher R., Portmann R., Vergères G.
Evaluating the robustness of biomarkers of dairy food intake in a free-living population using single- and multi-marker approaches.
Metabolites, 11, (6), 2021, 1-29.

Bütikofer U., Burnand D., Portmann R., Blaser C., Schwander F., Kopf-Bolanz K. A., Laederach K., Badertscher R., Walther B., Vergères G.
Serum metabolites responding in a dose-dependent manner to the intake of a high-fat meal in normal weight healthy men are associated with obesity.
Metabolites, 11, (6), 2021, 1-16.

Kim, J, Pimentel K. J., Fleuti C., Blaser C., Scherz V., Badertscher R., Marmonier C., Lyon-Belgy N., Caille A., Pidou V., Blot A., Bertelli C., David J., Bütikofer U., Greub G. and others
Microbiota and metabolite modifications after dietary exclusion of dairy products and reduced consumption of fermented food in young and older men.
Nutrients, 13, (6), 2021, 1-28.

Brunner D., Durinx C., Erb M., Fischer M., Hari Y., Jazwinska A., Leeb T., Reymond C., Scheidegger C., Stieger P., Studer B., Vergères G., Walter A.
Biology roadmap for research infrastructures 2025–2028 by the Swiss Biology Community.
Swiss Academies Reports, 16, (2), 2021, 1-52.

Porzi M., Pimentel K. J., Walther B., Vergères G.
Development of personalized nutrition: Applications in lactose intolerance diagnosis and management.
Nutrients, 13, (5), 2021, 1-22.

Li K. J., Brouwer-Brolsma E. M., Pimentel K. J., Vergères G., Feskens E. J. M.
A systematic review to identify biomarkers of intake for fermented food products.
Genes & Nutrition, 16, (5), 2021, 1-17.

Pimentel K. J., Pimentel G., Hughes M., Michielsen C. J. R., Fatima A., Vionnet N., Afman L. A., Roche H. M., Brennan L., Ibberson M., Vergères G.
Discriminating dietary responses by combining transcriptomics and metabolomics data in nutrition intervention studies.
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 65, (4), 2021, Article 2000647.

Fuchsmann P., Vergères G.
Das Joghurt – wissenschaftliche Reise (Teil 1): Ein Modell für die Lebensmittelforschung.
ChemiExtra, 11, 2020, 17-18.

Fuchsmann P., Vergères G.
Die Nutrivolatilomik – wissenschaftliche Reise (Teil 2): Ein Werkzeug für die Lebensmittelforschung.
ChemiExtra, 12, 2020, 22-23.

Li K. J., Brouwer-Brolsma E. M., Pimentel K. J., Vergères G., Feskens E. J. M.
Prevalence of fermented foods in the Dutch adult diet and validation of a food frequency questionnaire for estimating their intake in the NQplus cohort.
BMC Nutrition, 6, (69), 2020, 1-14.