Research Article

Evaluation of the Reproductive Performance, Body Proportions, Nutritional Value, and Biochemical Parameters of Achatina achatina

Table 1

Percentage composition and bromatological values of isoprotein experimental diets.

Treatments (kcal/kg)
Ingredients and nutritional valuesT 1 2600T 2 2800T 3 3000

Ingredients
 Corn flour20.1021.922.20
 Cassava flour18.622.0520.00
 Soybean flour2.34.205.00
 Peanut meal37.5038.5038.50
 Palm kernel meal13.904.803.00
 Fish meal2.002.052.00
 Shell1.421.421.42
 Bone meal2.832.832.83
 Palm oil1.102.004.80
 Vitamin premix 2%0.250.250.25
 Total (kg)100.00100.00100.00

Calculated nutritional values
 Crude protein24.0024.0024.00
 Metabolisable energy (kcal/kg)2600.362800.183000.85
 Energy-protein ratio118.19127.28136.40
 Fat7.078.0610.75
 Calcium1.851.841.83
 Phosphorous0.910.880.86
 Phosphocalcic ratio0.490.470.46
 Lysine0.960.980.99
 Methionine0.320.310.31