{"id":3030,"date":"2026-04-17T05:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T05:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:22:06","slug":"spiroplasmas-lesser-pathogens-but-not-harmless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/spiroplasmas-lesser-pathogens-but-not-harmless\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiroplasmes, pathog\u00e8nes secondaires mais pas inoffensifs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les spiroplasmes sont des bact\u00e9ries jouant un r\u00f4le important en tant que pathog\u00e8nes des abeilles mellif\u00e8res. Ces micro-organismes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9s en Europe, en Am\u00e9rique et en Asie, et de telles infections surviennent par l'interm\u00e9diaire de nourriture contamin\u00e9e, de la piq\u00fbre de Varroa destructor, et verticalement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Spiroplasma apis <\/em>provoque la \u201cmaladie folle\u201d neurologique, qui appara\u00eet en Europe, et <em>Spiroplasma melliferum<\/em> provoque la maladie de l'abeille rampante en Chine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compte tenu de l'impact des facteurs non sp\u00e9cifiques affectant les abeilles, le risque de maladies caus\u00e9es par les spiroplasmes augmente. Par cons\u00e9quent, l'\u00e9tude des sources de spiroplasmes et des facteurs significatifs pour l'infection sera de plus en plus importante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un nouvel article dans <a href=\"https:\/\/reference-global.com\/article\/10.2478\/jas-2026-0003\" title=\"\">Journal des Sciences Apicoles<\/a> r\u00e9sumez cette affaire. Lisez-le <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Spiroplasmas_as_Causative_Agents_of_Honey_Bees_Diseases.pdf\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ces micro-organismes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9s en Europe, en Am\u00e9rique et en Asie, et de telles infections se produisent par le biais d'aliments contamin\u00e9s, de la piq\u00fbre de Varroa destructor et verticalement.<br \/>\nSpiroplasma apis provoque la maladie neurologique \u201c\u00a0maladie de Mai\u00a0\u201d qui survient en Europe, et Spiroplasma melliferum provoque la maladie rampante des abeilles en Chine.<br \/>\nCompte tenu de l'impact des facteurs non sp\u00e9cifiques affectant les abeilles, le risque de maladies caus\u00e9es par les spiroplasmes augmente. Par cons\u00e9quent, l'\u00e9tude des sources de spiroplasmes et des facteurs significatifs pour l'infection sera de plus en plus importante.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These microrganisms have been registered in Europe, America and Asia, and such infections occur through contaminated food, the sting of Varroa destructor, and vertically. Spiroplasma apis causes the neurological \u201cMay disease\u201d which occurs in Europe, and Spiroplasma melliferum causes the bee crawling disease in China. 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