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Table 3 Reproductive organ weights of laying snails fed with roughages and concentrate with different leaf proteins

From: Reproductive performance of laying snails (Archachatina marginata) fed on roughages and different concentrate mixes

 

UPWP

GNCD

GLLM

MOLM

LLLM

± SEM

p value

Shell weight (g)

43.50b

49.98a

41.76b

46.48a

43.89b

1.80

0.04

Carcass weight (g)

95.50c

138.29a

126.40ab

118.75b

139.54a

4.73

0.03

Edible weight (g)

39.11c

86.83a

79.84ab

94.23b

82.61ab

3.16

0.03

GIT weight (g)

28.56

30.12

31.42

28.69

31.90

0.59

0.24

Penis (g)

1.06b

1.98a

2.06a

1.54ab

1.57ab

0.09

0.04

Oviduct (g)

4.36b

2.63b

4.24b

4.42b

10.21a

0.92

0.04

Vagina (g)

0.16b

0.37a

0.35a

0.25b

0.41a

0.04

0.03

  1. abc: means along the same row with different superscripts are significantly (p < 0.05) different