Evaluation of the Reproductive Performance, Body Proportions, Nutritional Value, and Biochemical Parameters of Achatina achatina

Table 7

Relative weight of organs of the Giant African Snail in relation to the energy level in the diet.

Relative weight of organs (%)	Treatments (kcal/kg of energy)
	T 1 2600	T 2 2800	T 3 3000
	n = 30	n = 30	n = 30
Shell	11.97 ± 3.52^a	13.28 ± 7.01^a	9.65 ± 1.51^a
Soft tissue	28.40 ± 6.82^a	26.53 ± 12.78^a	21.89 ± 5.62^a
Pedal mass	14.52 ± 3.75^a	17.84 ± 5.60^a	18.12 ± 3.40^a
Total meat	28.25 ± 7.03^a	34.13 ± 9.89^a	33.11 ± 5.50^a
Viscera	5.46 ± 0.62^a	4.49 ± 1.46^a	5.45 ± 1.22^a
Gonads	0.47 ± 0.11^a	0.57 ± 0.24^a	0.51 ± 0.10^a

a: on the same line. The values assigned to the same letter do not differ significantly ( > 0.05). n = number of snails.