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Article; Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology

Prevalence of American foul brood disease of honeybee in north-west Pakistan

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Pages 659-665 | Received 16 Dec 2014, Accepted 09 Apr 2015, Published online: 08 Jun 2015

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