Open-access STUDY OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SNAIL ACHATINA FULICA IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOIL

ABSTRACT

To evaluate the effect of different soils and their effect on the carcass of the snail Achatina fulica, an assay was prepared with acompletely randomized design, with 4 treatments, each with 10 experimental units/repetitions. The snails were medium size, 45 days old, and the assay was 120 days long, utilizing the Basal Diet (PACHECO et al.,1996). The treatments were, Tl (Acric Ferralsols), T2 (Orthic Ferralsols with high levei of sandy), T3 (Acric Ferralsols with 25% worm humus) and T4 (Orthic Ferralsols). After the experimental procedure, the snails were fasted for 7 days and them slaughtered, weighed and measured. The carcass was divided into shell, meat; hepatopancreas, genitalia/epiphragm and fluid (blood and mucus).

KEY WORDS:
Snail; Achatina fulica ; nutrition; soil; tropical soil

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