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AN EVALUATION OF BABY FISH FOOD AS A SUITABLE DIET FOR THE FRESHWATER SNAIL, BIOMPHALABIA GLABRATA (SAY)

Published in: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa
Volume 14 , issue 2 , 1988 , pages: 119–120

DOI: 10.1080/03779688.1988.9632847

Author(s): P.H. Joubert Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South Africa , K.N. de Kock Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South Africa

Keywords: Freshwater snails , Biomphalaria glabrata , Tetra Min Baby Fish Food ‘E’ for Egglayers , laboratory culture

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Abstract

Tetra Kin Baby Fish Food ‘E’ for Egglayers (Tetra ‘E’) was evaluated as a possible nutrient for the laboratory culture and maintenance of pigmented and unpigmented Biomphalaria glabrata (Say). Growth was monitored weekly by determining shell diameter and mass. The results showed that Tetra ‘E’ is an excellent nutrient with regard to growth and reproduction in B. glabrata.

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