Research Article
Evaluation of the Reproductive Performance, Body Proportions, Nutritional Value, and Biochemical Parameters of Achatina achatina
Table 7
Relative weight of organs of the Giant African Snail in relation to the energy level in the diet.
| Relative weight of organs (%) | Treatments (kcal/kg of energy) | T 1 2600 | T 2 2800 | T 3 3000 | n = 30 | n = 30 | n = 30 |
| Shell | 11.97 ± 3.52a | 13.28 ± 7.01a | 9.65 ± 1.51a | Soft tissue | 28.40 ± 6.82a | 26.53 ± 12.78a | 21.89 ± 5.62a | Pedal mass | 14.52 ± 3.75a | 17.84 ± 5.60a | 18.12 ± 3.40a | Total meat | 28.25 ± 7.03a | 34.13 ± 9.89a | 33.11 ± 5.50a | Viscera | 5.46 ± 0.62a | 4.49 ± 1.46a | 5.45 ± 1.22a | Gonads | 0.47 ± 0.11a | 0.57 ± 0.24a | 0.51 ± 0.10a |
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a: on the same line. The values assigned to the same letter do not differ significantly ( > 0.05). n = number of snails. |