GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF GIANT AFRICAN LAND SNAIL FED DIFFERENT CALCIUM SOURCES
1 Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Agriculture Federal University Gashua, Yobe State
2 Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Ecotourism, Faculty of Agriculture, Shabu-Lafia Campus Nasarawa State University, Keffi
3 Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Federal University Gashua, Yobe StateDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: alameen1508@gmail.com
2 Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Ecotourism, Faculty of Agriculture, Shabu-Lafia Campus Nasarawa State University, Keffi
3 Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Federal University Gashua, Yobe StateDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: alameen1508@gmail.com
Abstract
The effect of wood ash, bone meal, egg shell and calcium carbonate as different calcium sources were investigated in the diet of growing snails for 8 weeks. A total of 100 growing snails were randomly allotted to 5 groups, each group replicated 4 times at 5 snails per replicate making 20 snails per treatment in a completely randomized design. Feeds were formulated to contain 10% of each of the different calcium sources while the fifth group was left as control with none of the investigated calcium sources. The results showed that wood ash (58.81±12.15) g and bone meal (58.46±11.84) g dietary supplement gave the best weight gain, while the calcium carbonate (55.84±13.26)g dietary supplement gave the least weight gain. The study has shown that the inclusion wood dash or bone meal as a dietary supplement in snail feed can enhance snail production. Therefore, the inclusion of 10% wood ash or bone meal in dietary supplement in the snail feed is recommended to snail farmers for effective production.
Keywords
Wood ash
Bone meal
Calcium carbonate
Egg shell
Archachatina marginata
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How to Cite
A, A. S., O, F. L., & A, B. K. (2015). GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF GIANT AFRICAN LAND SNAIL FED DIFFERENT CALCIUM SOURCES. Gashua Journal of Irrigation and Desertification Studies, 1(1), 187-192. https://doi.org/10.67390/gjids.2015.1mcnq79x
A. S. A, F. L. O, and B. K. A, "GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF GIANT AFRICAN LAND SNAIL FED DIFFERENT CALCIUM SOURCES," Gashua Journal of Irrigation and Desertification Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 187-192, July 2015. doi: 10.67390/gjids.2015.1mcnq79x
