Effects of Different Dietary Mineral Contents on the Survival and Growth Rate of Black Apple Snails (Pila polita) in the Juvenile Stage

Date Received: Feb 25, 2025

Date Accepted: Jun 10, 2025

Date Published: Jun 28, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31817/vjas.2025.8.2.

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Issue: Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025): Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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ANIMAL SCIENCE – VETERINARY MEDICINE – AQUACULTURE

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Binh, L., Thao, N., & Khoa, T. N. (2025). Effects of Different Dietary Mineral Contents on the Survival and Growth Rate of Black Apple Snails (Pila polita) in the Juvenile Stage. Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 8(2), 2464–2473. https://doi.org/10.31817/vjas.2025.8.2.

Effects of Different Dietary Mineral Contents on the Survival and Growth Rate of Black Apple Snails (Pila polita) in the Juvenile Stage

Le Van Binh (*) 1 , Ngo Thi Thu Thao 1   , Tran Nguyen Duy Khoa 1

  • Corresponding author: [email protected]
  • 1 College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University, Can Tho 94115, Vietnam

    • Keywords

    Black apple snail, growth, mineral supplementation, survival rate

    Abstract


    The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of different dietary mineral contents on the growth, survival rate, and biomass increase of the black apple snail, Pila polita, during the nursing phase. Juveniles (0.26 g snail-1) were fed diets with five different mineral supplementation levels: (1) Control (No.Mi); (2) Mineral supplement 3% (Mi3); (3) Mineral supplement 5% (Mi5); (4) Mineral supplement 7% (Mi7); and (5) Mineral supplement 9% (Mi9), with three replicates per treatment. Snails were reared in composite tanks with a density of 300 ind m-2 for 56 days. After 56 days, the snail survival rate in Mi7 (98.4%) was higher (P <0.05) than in No.Mi (95.8%). Snails in Mi7 also obtained the highest height, weight, and yield (23.16mm, 2.58g, and 742 g m-2), which were significantly different from the other treatments (P <0.05). The results also showed that the dietary mineral concentration of 7% generated an acceptable mineral ratio, which could increase snail rearing efficiency.

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