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High lability of global niche and range in the Giant African Snail (Lissachatina fulica): Small niche expansions resulting in large range shifts

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 ...
Chunhong Wu, Shun Li, Yefu Zhou, Xiaokang Hu, Jianmeng Feng   +4 more
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Experimental analysis of nanostructured PEEK, African giant snail shell, and sea snail shell powder for hydroxyapatite formation for bone implant applications

Composites Part C: Open Access, 2023
This experimental research focuses on the nanostructure analysis of three materials; polyether ether ketone (PEEK), African land giant snail shell (ALGSS), and sea snail shell (SSS) powder, for the formation of hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings in bone ...
Agbor A. Esoso, Tien-Chien Jen, Omolayo M. Ikumapayi, Bankole I. Oladapo, Esther T. Akinlabi   +4 more
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Comparative diagnostic imaging in giant African land snails (Achatinidae)

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
Giant African land snails (GALS) have become increasingly popular, for example, as pets or in kindergartens in Europe, but little is known about their clinically relevant anatomy, diseases, or further details in diagnostic imaging. The present study focuses on the techniques and image interpretation of radiography, computed tomography, and sonography ...
Gumpenberger, Michaela, Schmidt-Ukaj, Silvana, Handschuh, Stephan   +2 more
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Population characterization and parasitological assessment of the giant African snail (Achatina fulica) in urban areas of Cartagena, Colombia [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2021
Background: The giant African snail, Achatina fulica, is an invasive species recognized for being a serious agricultural pest and an intermediary vector for diverse parasites that cause diseases in humans.
Eder Cano-Pérez, Jaison Torres-Pacheco, Luis Barraza-Quiroz, Jorge Morelos-Muñoz, Doris Gómez-Camargo   +4 more
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Survey of the African giant land snail (Archachatina marginata), intermediate host of intestinal parasites in Akure Metropolis, Ondo State

Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021
Background African giant land snails (Archachatina marginata) are hermaphroditic pulmonate nocturnal gastropods of the Achatinidae family. The snail is one of West Africa's largest known terrestrial snails.
Titus Adeniyi Olusi, Olugbenga Samuel Babatunde, Muideen Adeniji   +2 more
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First report of the presence of enterotoxin gene in coagulase-negative staphylococci recovered from meat of snails (Achatina achatina)

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2022
It has been suggested that coagulase-negative staphylococci can serve as reservoirs of virulence genes for other bacteria. This study assessed the presence of such genes in selected isolates recovered from meat of the giant African snail (Achatina ...
Okafor Arthur C., Ogbo Frank C., Akharaiyi Fred C., Oladeinde Henry B.   +3 more
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Record of melanism in the hook-billed kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus uncinatus), with a note of predation on the african snail (Achatina fulica) from south of Ecuador

Huitzil, 2018
This note describes the uncommon presence of an individual melanic (dark morph) Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus uncinatus) in southern Ecuador. In addition the depredation of the giant African snail (Achatina fulica) is documented.
Salomón M. Ramírez-Jaramillo
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A New Glycosaminoglycan from the Giant African Snail Achatina fulica [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1996
A new glycosaminoglycan has been isolated from the giant African snail Achatina fulica. This polysaccharide had a molecular weight of 29,000, calculated based on the viscometry, and a uniform repeating disaccharide structure of -->4)-2-acetyl,2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranose (1-->4)-2-sulfo-alpha-L-idopyranosyluronic acid (1-->.
Y S, Kim, Y Y, Jo, I M, Chang, T, Toida, Y, Park, R J, Linhardt   +5 more
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Peaceful giant ground beetles: The genus Tefflus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Republic of South Africa [PDF]

, 2011
Two species of the genus Tefflus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae), commonly known as “peaceful giant ground beetles,” are recorded from the Republic of South Africa: T. carinatus carinatus Klug and T. meyerlei delagorguei Guérin-Méneville.
Mawdsley, Alice S., Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Sithole, Hendrik   +2 more
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Production performance of Giant African Land Snails (Archachatina marginata) at the Sudano-Guinean highland zone of Cameroon

Heliyon, 2022
A study on the production performance of Giant African Land snails was carried out within the Joint Initiative Group of Agro-pastoral Producers United Hands of Foungwo-Santchou (CIG-PAMUFOSA).
Guy Merlin Tchowan, Junior Zangho, Marc Kouam Kenmogne, Ferdinand Ngoula, Joseph Tchoumboué   +4 more
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