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

Institutional Repository Agroscope

Publication List

Publications Romualdus Kasteel

Bürge I., Kasteel R., Krauss J., Pétremand H., Zeender V., Poiger T.
Detection of the herbicide asulam in groundwater: Translocation to roots of treated docks (Rumex) and exudation to subsoil as a potential input pathway.
Pest Management Science, 81, (7), 2025, 4135-4142.

Firouzi A. F., Homaee M., Kasteel R., Klumpp E.
Transport and deposition of bacteria in undisturbed calcareous soils under saturated and unsaturated conditions.
Soil & Tillage Research, 244, 2024, 1-12.

Poiger T., Müller J., Kasteel R., Bürge I.
Degradation and sorption of the herbicide pelargonic acid in subsoils below railway tracks compared to a range of topsoils.
Environmental Sciences Europe, 36, (4), 2024, 1-13.

Buerge I., Kasteel R., Poiger T.
Leaching of herbicides and their metabolites in lysimeters filled with soils from railway tracks.
Science of the Total Environment, 909, 2024, 1-11.

Hernandez-Jerez A., Adriaanse P., Aldrich A., Berny P., Coja T., Duquesne S., Focks A., Marinovich M., Millet M., Pelkonen O., Pieper S., Topping C., Kasteel R.
Statement of the scientific panel on plant protection products and their residues (PPR Panel) on the design and conduct of groundwater monitoring studies supporting groundwater exposure assessments of pesticides.
EFSA Journal, 21, (5), 2023, 1-108.

Kobierska F., Koch U., Kasteel R., Stamm C., Prasuhn V.
Plant protection product losses via tile drainage: A conceptual model and mitigation measures.
Agrarforschung Schweiz, 11, 2020, 115-123.

Kobierska F., Kasteel R., Prasuhn V.
Losses of plant protection products via drainages in Switzerland – conceptual model and mitigation measures.
Agroscope Science, 98, 2020.

Bürge I., Kasteel R., Bächli A., Poiger T.
Behavior of the chiral herbicide Imazamox in soils: Enantiomer composition differentiates between biodegradation and photodegradation.
Environmental Science & Technology, 53, 2019, 5733-5740.

Buerge I., Bächli A., Kasteel R., Portmann R., Rocío López-Cabeza, Lars F. Schwab, Poiger T.
Behavior of the chiral herbicide imazamox in soils: pH-dependent, enantioselective degradation, formation and degradation of several chiral metabolites.
Environmental Science & Technology, 53, 2019, 5725-5732.

Ockleford C., Hernandez-Jerez A.F., Hougaard Bennekou S., Klein M., Adriaanse T.P., Berny P., Brock T., Duquesne S., Grilli S., Kuhl T., Laskowski R., Machera K., Pelkonen O., Pieper S., Stemmer M. and others
Scientific opinion about the guidance of the chemical regulation directorate (UK) on how aged sorption studies for pesticides should be conducted, analysed and used in regulatory assessments.
EFSA Journal, 16, (8), 2018, 1-86.

Fulda B., Aldrich A., Kasteel R., Balmer M., Poiger T.
Pflanzenschutzmittel in Fliessgewässern - Vergleich zwischen Expositionsmodell und Monitoringdaten.
Aqua & Gas, 9, 2015, 80-91.

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