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What exactly are the disinfection measures for golden apple snails?

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The golden apple snail is a mollusk of the genus Pomacea in the family Ampullariidae. Its appearance is extremely similar to that of the field snail, and it has a large body, a wide diet, strong adaptability, fast growth and reproduction, and high yield. In artificial breeding of golden apple snails, great attention must be paid to daily disinfectants for golden apple snails, so how should disinfection of golden apple snails be carried out?

The golden apple snail is a mollusk of the genus Pomacea in the family Ampullariidae. Its appearance is extremely similar to that of the field snail, and it has a large body, a wide diet, strong adaptability, fast growth and reproduction, and high yield. In artificial breeding of golden apple snails, great attention must be paid to daily disinfectants for golden apple snails, so how should disinfection of golden apple snails be carried out?

(1) Pond water disinfection ① Add 0.6 grams of bleaching powder per cubic meter of water body, dissolve it in a small amount of water, then evenly splash it over the whole pond. ② Add 8 grams of potassium permanganate per cubic meter of water body, dissolve it in a small amount of water, then evenly splash it over the whole pond.

(2) Utensil disinfection ① Soak utensils in 5% bleaching powder for 10 minutes. ② Soak utensils in potassium permanganate at a concentration of 20×10_6 for 10 to 20 minutes.

(3) Snail body soaking disinfection ① Soak in a 10 to 20 mg/L potassium permanganate solution for 10 to 30 minutes. ② Soak in a 10 mg/L bleaching powder solution for 10 to 20 minutes. ③ Soak in a 6 mg/L copper sulfate solution for 10---,30 minutes. ④ Soak for 30 minutes in a solution containing 40 to 50 international units of penicillin and 20 international units of streptomycin per kilogram of clean water.

(4) Feed disinfection ① First wash clean with water, then soak in bleaching powder at a concentration of 8×10 for 20 minutes. ② Soak in furazolidone at a concentration of 15×10 for 10 minutes.

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