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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Ecological Indicators, 2023 As a major source of global change, biological invasions have received increasing attention in past decades. Niche and range dynamics of alien invasive species provide essential evidence for understanding mechanisms underlying biological invasions ...
Jianmeng Feng, Xiao-Kang Hu
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The Potential Renal Acid Load of Edible Marine and Land Snails [PDF]
npj Science of FoodEdible snails, such as the giant West African land snail (Archachatina marginata), are an important protein source in many African countries. The potential renal acid load (PRAL), an estimate of the capability of a food to alter net endogenous acid or ...
Maximilian Andreas Storz
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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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A REVIEW ON BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF GIANT AFRICAN SNAILS [PDF]
Science Heritage JournalThe Giant African snail (Achatina fulica Bowdich) is classified under the Phylum Mollusca and the Class Gastropoda. This species is notorious for its detrimental impact on agricultural crops in areas where it is found, making it one of the largest and ...
M. P. Gadekar
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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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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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Harvester perceptions of pesticide impacts on snail collection along Cameroon's Atlantic coast. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe coastal regions of Cameroon comprising South-West, Littoral, and South are major agricultural hubs and important zones for harvesting African giant land snails (Achatinidae).
Yannick Elysée Ewane Epée +5 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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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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