EFB Test Kit

Description

EFB Test Kit.

EFB Test Kit.

European Foulbrood (EFB) is a bacterial brood disease caused by several agents, the main being the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius.

It occurs most frequently in the spring or early summer, during brood rearing, and is thought to be caused by stress in the colony and lack of pollen.

Symptoms can be variable. This makes EFB difficult to identify with certainty; frequently disappearing once there is nectar flow.

EFB can seriously affect brood development.  It needs to be identified in a colony as soon as possible in order to prevent its further spread to healthy colonies.

Vita’s quick and effective Diagnostic Kit, developed with Central Science Laboratory Pocket Diagnostics, enables every beekeeper to test their hives at the first suspicion of the presence of EFB.

The Diagnostic Kit takes just 3 minutes to give a result and has been validated with 98% accuracy. For single use only.

2024 Expiry.

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