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

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

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

	UPWP	GNCD	GLLM	MOLM	LLLM	± SEM	p value
Shell weight (g)	43.50^b	49.98^a	41.76^b	46.48^a	43.89^b	1.80	0.04
Carcass weight (g)	95.50^c	138.29^a	126.40^ab	118.75^b	139.54^a	4.73	0.03
Edible weight (g)	39.11^c	86.83^a	79.84^ab	94.23^b	82.61^ab	3.16	0.03
GIT weight (g)	28.56	30.12	31.42	28.69	31.90	0.59	0.24
Penis (g)	1.06^b	1.98^a	2.06^a	1.54^ab	1.57^ab	0.09	0.04
Oviduct (g)	4.36^b	2.63^b	4.24^b	4.42^b	10.21^a	0.92	0.04
Vagina (g)	0.16^b	0.37^a	0.35^a	0.25^b	0.41^a	0.04	0.03

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