nosemosis

English

Noun

nosemosis (uncountable) (insect pathology)

  1. nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”)
    • 1978, Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society‎, Athens, GA: Georgia Entomological Society, ISSN 0016-8238, page 355:
      George (1971) reported that diets deficient in cholesterol or protein enhanced development of a nosemosis in young red flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst).
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  2. (honey bees) nosema disease (“infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites”)
    • 2006, Levant Aydin, Ender Gulegen, Ibrahim Cakmak, A. Onur Girisgin, Harrington Wells, “Relation between Nosema and Chalkbrood diseases, and its implication for an apiary management model”, in The Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy‎, volume 50, number 4, Puławy, PL: National Veterinary Research Institute, ISSN 2300-3235, archived from the original on 2015-03-31, page 471:
      Nosema apis are the causative agent of nosema disease (nosemosis) in honeybees (Apis mellifera).
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:nosemosis.

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