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A snail growth comparison is not a safe complete diet
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What changed
The feeding guide now includes a 2023 individual-shrimp comparison of pellets, Biomphalaria glabrata mantle and an equal offering while rejecting its conversion into a carcass-feeding or pest-control recipe.
Why it changed
The trial detected no feeding-treatment main effect on mass gain, but it did not measure intake, feed conversion, nutrient composition or food safety and was not an equivalence design. Forty-two starters became 40 analyzed animals despite a 100 percent survival claim, treatment sex counts conflict across sections and one table mean is impossible relative to final mass and the plot.
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