Effects of different housing system on the feed intake of snail (Achatina achatina)

Abstract

The study assessed the effect of different housing systems on the feed intake of snail production. Different housing system were used for rearing the snails include (wooden box, clay pot, plastic basket, and tyre housing system) using adult snails of one hundred and twelve (112) snails. The snails were randomly assigned to four housing systems i.e wooden box, earthen pot, plastic basket and tyre. Seven snails were place in each housing system and it was replicated in four treatments respectively. There were no significant (P>0.05) differences Between the Tyre and Earthen pot housing systems. The result show that the highest mean weight (295.27g) was recorded in wooden box while the lowest mean weight (75.39g) was recorded in plastic Basket. There were significant (P<0.05) differences between the average weight in each housing systems of snail the from week 1 to week 8. The result showed that wooden housing system has been the most appropriate housing system for snail production and a prospective farmer can therefore rear Achatina achatina in wooden box housing system for survival and faster growth

Keywords: Effects, Housing System, feed intake, Snail