Utilization of artificial diets and effect of protein/energy relationship on growth performance of the apple snail Pomacea bridgesi (Prosobranchia: Ampullariidae)

Agriculture & Biology

• Pomacea bridgesi 100%
• Ampullariidae 67%
• artificial diets 49%
• growth performance 38%
• energy 26%
• protein efficiency ratio 22%
• shell (molluscs) 19%
• specific growth rate 18%
• snails 18%
• feed conversion 16%
• proteins 15%
• high energy diet 8%
• low calorie diet 8%
• fish meal 6%
• diet 6%
• lettuce 6%
• vegetables 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• artificial diet 82%
• snail 49%
• protein 32%
• diet 22%
• energy 21%
• shell 15%
• effect 10%
• intensive culture 9%
• experiment 7%
• vegetable 6%
• rate 6%