News features and technical articles about the evolution of aquaculture, one of the world’s fastest growing industries.

snails

Health & Welfare

September 3, 2012

Tobacco dust: natural molluscicide for aquaculture applications

Research found that tobacco dust applied in culture water killed ramshorn snails within three days and did not compromise channel catfish.

Health & Welfare

May 1, 2008

The freshwater drum is a proposed snail-control vector in catfish ponds. In tank studies the drum showed high survival and reduced snail populations.

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