Giant African Land Snail in Florida
EDIS, 2011 They’re back! In 1966, a child smuggled three giant African land snails into south Florida which were released in their garden. Seven years later, more than 18,000 snails had been found and it took 10 years and $1 million to eliminate them.
John L. Capinera
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Effect of Climate Change on Invasion Risk of Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica Férussac, 1821: Achatinidae) in India. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) is considered to be one the world's 100 worst invasive alien species. The snail has an impact on native biodiversity, and on agricultural and horticultural crops.
Roshmi Rekha Sarma +2 more
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Identification of characteristic aroma compounds in raw and thermally processed African giant snail (Achatina fulica) [PDF]
Chemistry Central Journal, 2018 Background Food flavor appreciation is one of the first signals along with food appearance and texture encountered by consumers during eating of food. Also, it is well known that flavor can strongly influence consumer’s acceptability judgment.
Ola Lasekan +3 more
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Children’s Relationships with a Non-Vertebrate Animal: The Case of a Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica) at School [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Employing living animals in educational settings is popular and may assist learning. Human-animal relationships are considered fundamental for the effects of animal-assisted interventions (AAI) on successful learning.
Katharina Hirschenhauser, Lisa Brodesser
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Perception of giant African snail (Achatina fulica) in urban community from Colombia
Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín, 2019 In Colombia, the control of giant African snail populations (Achatina fulica) has been enforced for the past eight years according to the Environmental, Housing, and Territorial Development Ministry (MAVDT from its initials in Spanish).
Angie Patiño Montoya +2 more
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Soil warming increases the active antibiotic resistome in the gut of invasive giant African snails [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Global warming is redrawing the map for invasive species, spotlighting the globally harmful giant African snail as a major ecological disruptor and public health threat.
Yiyue Zhang +6 more
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The transfer of 137Cs and heavy metals to tissues within the organs of snails [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 This paper describes the dynamics of 137Cs accumulation and its concentration ratio as well as that of some stable elements in the body, shell, gastrointestinal tract and albumin gland of a particular species of snail (terrestrial gastropod), namely the ...
Zhanat Baigazinov +11 more
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Immersion anaesthesia with ethanol in African giant land snails (Acathina fulica) [PDF]
Heliyon, 2019 Giant African land snails (Achatina fulica) are becoming increasingly popular pets and may be anaesthetised to allow diagnostics and surgical procedures.
Dario d’Ovidio +3 more
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Morphometry giant African snail Achatina fulica (Gastropoda : Achatinidae ) in Colombia
Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2015 The giant African snail is currently one of the most aggressive and invasive species that has colonized many countries outside its natural environment.
José M. Avendaño, Edgar Linares
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PREVENTION OF DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY THE GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL. A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.
Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023 Background: The African Giant Snail is considered one of the 100 species most harmful and exotic invaders in the world. Methodology: A bibliographic review was carried out in January 2021. References were searched in Pubmed, Medline, and Scelo databases.
Ibrahim Illia Saidou +2 more
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