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Reproductive performance of Archachatina marginata bred on substrates amended with oyster shell powder and substrates amended with pig bone powder

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Reproductive performance of Archachatina marginata bred on substrates amended with oyster shell powder and substrates amended with pig bone powder

Aman Jean Baptiste, Bouyé Trazié Roger, Adou Coffi Franck Didier, Memel Didié, Otchoumou Atcho
Int. J. Biosci.23( 6), 234-241, December 2023.
Certificate: IJB 2023 [Generate Certificate]
Key: Archachatina marginataCalciumEggsSubstrat

Abstract

In order to determine a rearing substrate suitable for optimising the reproductive performance of Archachatina marginata, substrates were prepared by amending the compost at different rates (0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%) with either oyster shell powder or pig bone powder. Spat were reared on these substrates until they reached sexual maturity. The age of first oviposition, the number of eggs per oviposition, the number of oviposition per snail per year, the weight and size of the eggs then the hatching rate of these eggs as a function of the calcium source and the substrate amendment rate were recorded and compared. The results showed that increasing the substrate amendment rate in oyster shell powder from 0% to 40% was favourable to reducing the sexual maturity of A. marginata (from 10.17 months to 9.03 months), optimising the number of egg-layings (from 7.04 to 12.04) and the number of eggs per laying (from 7.27 eggs to 8.18 eggs). Also, the largest eggs (1.54 ± 0.12 cm in large diameter and 1.33 ± 0.93 cm in small diameter) and the heaviest (1.63 ± 0.19 g) were laid on the substrate amended to 30% oyster shell powder. The best reproductive performances recorded on substrates amended with bone powder were not as good as those recorded on substrates amended with oyster shell powder. This study therefore showed that amending the compost with oyster shells optimised the reproductive performance of Archachatina marginata.

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