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Environmental Factors Affecting Freshwater Snail Intermediate Hosts in Shenzhen and Adjacent Region, South China [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Sound knowledge of the local distribution and diversity of freshwater snail intermediate hosts and the factors driving the occurrence and abundance of them is crucial to understanding snail-borne parasitic disease transmission and to setting up effective
Fengyang Min   +8 more
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Environmental and biotic factors affecting freshwater snail intermediate hosts in the Ethiopian Rift Valley region [PDF]

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Knowledge of the distribution and habitat preference of freshwater snail intermediate hosts can provide information to initiate and set-up effective snail control programmes.
Beekam Kebede Olkeba   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Responses of four submerged macrophytes to freshwater snail density (Radix swinhoei) under clear‐water conditions: A mesocosm study [PDF]

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2020
Macrophytes play a key role in stabilizing clear‐water conditions in shallow freshwater ecosystems. Their populations are maintained by a balance between plant grazing and plant growth.
Yongwei Zhi, Yang Liu, Wei Li, Yu Cao
doaj   +2 more sources

The exotic gastropod Clea helena (von dem Busch, 1847) as a predator of freshwater gastropods: a threat to native biota in India?

open access: yesLimnological Review, 2021
The carnivorous snail Clea (Anentome) helena (von dem Busch, 1847) (Gastropoda: Nassariidae), commonly called as the “assassin snail” is sold worldwide including India for aesthetics and the ability to kill pest snails in aquaria.
Paul Pranesh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wild record of an apple snail in the Waikato River, Hamilton, New Zealand and their incidence in freshwater aquaria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We report the discovery of a single specimen of a live apple snail Pomacea diffusa Blume 1957 (Ampullariidae: Prosobranchia), from the Waikato River, Hamilton city, central North Island, New Zealand. This species, along with the congeneric P.
Collier, Kevin J.   +3 more
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Schistosomiasis prevention option: toxicological evaluation of Vernonia amygdalina on the tissues of Bulinus truncatus at different pH conditions

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
Research into, and the use of plant products in the control of vectors of pathogens is being revived and seriously considered as an alternative or complete replacement for the classical synthetic agents.
J.C. Eze   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Value-chain analysis of freshwater apple snail (Pila globosa) used for on-farm feeds in the freshwater prawn farming sector in Bangladesh

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 2013
Growth of the freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) sector in Bangladesh since 1970s has been supported by natural availability of freshwater apple snail (Pila globosa), used for on-farm prawn feeds.
S.A.A. Nahid
doaj   +1 more source

Pengaruh pemberian berbagai jenis keong terhadap pertumbuhan dan kelangsungan hidup ikan patin (Pangasius pangasius)

open access: yesActa Aquatica, 2019
Abstrak Ikan Patin (Pangasius pangasius) merupakan ikan air tawar yang memiliki nilai ekonomis yang tinggi. Untuk membantu mempercepat pertumbuhan selain dengan menggunakan pellet, ikan patin juga dapat diberikan pakan alami seperti keong mas (Pomacea ...
Mainisa Mainisa
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Ingestion of Lithic Particles on Growth of the Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata (Caenogastropoda, Ampullariidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Lithic particles are a common feature in the digestive tract of freshwater snails. Their role in the digestive processes has been demonstrated in some microphytophagous and detritivorous species, as they enhance growth, assimilation and reproduction.
Manara, Enzo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Predation of Glossiphonia weberi (Blanchard, 1897) on the invasive snail Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) in the presence of an alternative prey

open access: yesLimnological Review, 2021
The North American freshwater snail Physella acuta has invaded and colonized a wide range of freshwater habitats, globally. Resembling other invasive species, P. acuta has several negative impacts on the invaded freshwater ecosystems, which calls for its
Paul Pranesh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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