Effect of dietary Centrosema pubescens leaf meal on growth and reproductive traits of Archachatina marginata snails

This study was conducted to determine the effect on growth and reproductive performance of supplementing dried Centrosema pubescens leaf meal to Archachatina marginata snails. A total of 80 growing, medium-sized A. marginata snails were used. Twenty snails were randomly assigned to one of the four e...

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Published in:Journal of Applied Animal Research 2018-01, Vol.46 (1), p.947-952
Main Authors: Oyeagu, Chika E., Udeh, Fredrick U., Uzochukwu, Ifeanyi E., Osita, Charles O., Ugwu, Simeon O. C., Agugom, Obinna H.
Format: Article
Language:English
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eggs
embryo mortality
Experimental diets
feed conversion
percentage fertility
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Summary:This study was conducted to determine the effect on growth and reproductive performance of supplementing dried Centrosema pubescens leaf meal to Archachatina marginata snails. A total of 80 growing, medium-sized A. marginata snails were used. Twenty snails were randomly assigned to one of the four experimental diets as T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , and T 4 containing 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% dietary inclusion levels of dried C. pubescens leaves, respectively. Each diet constituted a treatment and each treatment was replicated four times with five snails per replicate. Results showed that snails under T 4 had the highest (P 
ISSN:0971-2119
0974-1844
DOI:10.1080/09712119.2018.1434528