PRO/AH/EDR> Small hive beetle infestation, apis – Costa Rica: (GU) 1st report, OIE

Pests — Costa Rica
Information received on [and dated] 24 Aug 2015 from Dr Bernardo Jaen Hernandez, Director General, Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA), Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Barreal de Heredia, Costa Rica
Summary
Report type: Immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 21 Aug 2015
Date of confirmation of the event: 24 Aug 2015
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: _Aethina tumida_
Nature of