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RTLA 1379. Honey bee, Apis mellifera 
Material: Twenty microscope slides 
Diagnosis: The following bacterial and mycotic (fungal) diseases, 
protozoan and gregarine infections, mites, and louses 
are represented: 
American foulbrood - Bacillus larvae 
European foulbrood - Streptococcus pluton ; 
Bacillus laterosporus (probable secondary 
invader) 
Septicemia - Pseudomonas ( Bacillus ) apiseptica 
Stonebrood - Aspergillus flavus 
Chalkbrood - Ascosphaera apis 
Nosema apis 
Monocia apis 
Varroa jacobsoni 
Tropilaelaps clareae 
Braula coeca 
Submitter: G. E. Cantwell 
Reprint: Cantwell, George E. Honey Bee Diseases, Parasites, and 
Pests. In: Insect Diseases, Vol. 2 , G. E. Cantwell 
(ed.), pp. 501-47. Marcel Dekker: New York. 1974. 
RTLA 1380. Gulf coast box turtle, Terrapene Carolina major 
Material: Two microscope slides; 1 paraffin block 
Diagnosis: Infectious granuloma of mixed bacterial etiology 
Submitter: C. G. Crispens, Jr. and K. R. Marion 
RTLA 1381. Soft-shell clam, Mya arenari a 
Material: One paraffin block 
Diagnosis: Teratoid anomaly 
Submitter: S. V. Otto 
RTLA 1382. Rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri 
Material: One microscope slide 
Diagnosis: Adenocarcinoma 
Submitter: B. L. Munday 
RTLA 1383. "Fancy" carp (Nishikigoi), Cyprinus sp. 
Material: Forty-five microscope slides representing six cases 
Diagnosis: Ovarian teratoid tumors 
Submitter: T. Ishikawa 
