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

Table 3

Effects of energy level in the diet on morphometric characteristics of the eggs.

Morphometric characteristics of eggs	Treatments (kcal/kg of energy)
	T 1 2600	T 2 2800	T 3 3000
	n = 30	n = 30	n = 30
Weight (g)	1.28 ± 0.25^a	1.32 ± 0.25^a	1.33 ± 0.39^a
Length (mm)	15.38 ± 0.97^a	14.63 ± 0.65^b	16.52 ± 0.39^c
Diameter (mm)	11.65 ± 0.55^a	11.73 ± 0.64^a	13.14 ± 0.69^b

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