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| EFFECT OF MIXED BACTERIAL INFECTION ON MORTALITY AND PROTEIN CONTENT OF SILKWORM LARVAE (BOMBYX MORI L.) |
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| Bajare Jitendra Shahaji , Dulange Sanjay Mallikarjun and Thorat Prakash Ramrao |
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| Ashok Yakkaldevi |
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| GRT-5702 |
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| Abstract : | |
| In our study day first 5th instar larvae of Bombyx mori (L.) mutivoltine race Kolar Gold (PM X CSR2) cross breed were used for bacterial infection study. Mixed bacterial infection of Escherichia coli (NCIM 2137) and Staphylococcus aureus (NCIM 2672) were resulted into 28% mortality and protein content in hemolymph decreased from 39.3±1.56 mg/ml (healthy larvae) to 26.8±1.04 mg/ml (infected larvae). Biological stress due to mixed bacterial infection resulted in mortality and changed protein content of hemolymph. |
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