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

Table 2

Effects of the energy level of the diet on characteristics of laying in the Giant African Snail.

Spawning characteristics	Treatments (kcal/kg of energy)
	T 1 2600	T 2 2800	T 3 3000
	n = 30	n = 30	n = 30
Age of onset (months) of maturity	11.50 ± 0.00^a	16.50 ± 0.00^b	24.00 ± 0.00^c
Number of spawns per treatment	14.00 ± 0.00^a	11.00 ± 0.00^b	1.00 ± 0.00^c
Number of eggs per clutch	5.00 ± 0.67^a	5.80 ± 0.90^b	7.00 ± 0.00^c

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