Effect of Different Diets on Juvenile Achatina fulica Growth

Ellcy, Usun Seling (2022) Effect of Different Diets on Juvenile Achatina fulica Growth. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Achatina fulica is a pest of agricultural and ornamental plants in the tropics for over a century, there are still limited information about its biology. The aim of this research is to study the effect of different diet on juvenile A. fulica growth and to determine the best diet formulation for juvenile A. fulica growth performances. In this study, 16 number of juvenile A. fulica collected around the Kuching area were examined for 2 months. There were two distinct diet treatments : Diet 1 (cucumber only) and Diet 2 (mixture of layer poultry fed with cucumber) were provided and physical measurement was taken every seven days to examine the impact of the diets. Physical measurement included the following: body weight, body length, shell length, and shell diameter. There were 8 number of juvenile A. fulica that survive at the end of this study period. The findings indicated that base on the survival A. fulica, shows that A. fulica fed with extra with supplement show more obvious growth performance as compared to individuals fed only with vegetable.

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