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

Table 4

Effects of energy level in the diet on characteristics of fertility.

Characteristics of fertility	Treatments (kcal/kg of energy)
	T 1 2600	T 2 2800	T 3 3000
	n = 30	n = 30	n = 30
Fertilization rate (%)	59.35 ± 32.88^a	72.80 ± 27.15^a	85.71 ± 0.00^a
Incubation period (days)	29.42 ± 2.87^a	29.00 ± 4.32^a	29.00 ± 4.35^a
Spat rate per laying (%)	63.64 ± 50.45^a	100.00 ± 0.00^b	100.00 ± 0.00^b
Spat weight (g)	1.29 ± 0.27^a	1.01 ± 0.32^b	1.5 ± 0.00^a
Hatch rate (%)	51.92 ± 39.97^a	69.64 ± 25.65^a	85.71 ± 0.00^a

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