Since resistance of the causative organism of American foulbrood disease to oxytetracycline is becoming widespread in the United States, we began a search for effective alternative antibiotics. We screened 27 antibiotics using a microbiological assay and field tested two of the most active for toxicity to honey bees and efficacy against American Foulbrood.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Apidae Apis mellifera (honey bee)
Keywords: resistance
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