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parafoulbrood en · NOUN

Etymology

From para- + foulbrood.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A bacterial disease of bees.
    • At times nearly all brood diseases (American foulbrood, European foulbrood, parafoulbrood, sacbrood) were thought to represent a single malady. European and American foulbroods were especially confused. 2012, Edward Steinhaus, Insect Pathology V2: An Advanced Treatise, page 553:
    • Determination of causative organisms of European foulbrood and parafoulbrood needs investigation. 1951, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Committee Prints (issue 3, page 2563)
    • Parafoulbrood is extremely infectious, apparently being readily transmitted by robbing, drifting, and by the exchange of brood or honey from infected colonies. 1933, Experiment Station Record, volume 69, page 560: