Antibiotics in the laboratory-rearing of cecropia silkworms.
A mixture of aureomycin and kanamycin prevents a fatal intestinal infection that usually occurs in all cecropia silkworms reared in the laboratory. Thus, for the first time, laboratory experimentation with these larvae and with those of other wild silkworms is practical.
D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000187:drug effects; D012831:Bombyx / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D002751:Chlortetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000187:drug effects; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011511:Proteus / Q000187:drug effects; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000187:drug effects; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000187:drug effects
D007612:Kanamycin; D002751:Chlortetracycline