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

Table 5

Effects of energy level in the diet on the mortality rate.

Mortality rate (%)	Treatments (kcal/kg of energy)
	T 1 2600	T 2 2800	T 3 3000
	n = 30	n = 30	n = 30
Early embryos	24.87 ± 25.29^a	19.52 ± 25.87^a	14.28 ± 0.00^a
Late embryos	10.76 ± 14.79^a	5.66 ± 13.15^a	14.28 ± 0.00^a
Adults	30.00 ± 0.00^a	37.00 ± 0.00^a	37.50 ± 0.00^a

a: on the same line, the values assigned to the same letter do not differ significantly ( > 0.05). n = number of snails.