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Immersion anaesthesia with ethanol in African giant land snails (Acathina fulica) [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon, 2019
Giant African land snails (Achatina fulica) are becoming increasingly popular pets and may be anaesthetised to allow diagnostics and surgical procedures. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the anaesthetic effects and anaesthetic-related complications of immersion in 5% ethanol in client-owned African pet land snails, anaesthetised to ...
Dario d’Ovidio   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Analysis of heavy metals in African giant land snail (Archachatina marginata): A comparison between wild and domesticated species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This study examined the level of heavy metal in meat, shell and haemolymph of wild and domesticated African Giant Land Snail (Archachatina marginata).
Akintunde, O.A.   +3 more
core  

Injuries Caused by the Giant African Snail to Papaya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study describes the morphology, reproduction, diet, habitats and distribution of the giant African snail. It illustrates herbivory and damage to papaya, and suggests integrated management practices for effective control of this invasive ...
Nelson, Scot
core   +1 more source

Giant African snails proliferate in Kochi, The Hindu dated 27th June 2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
With no coordinated control measures, giant African snail populations are proliferating in the city, posing serious health risk. To make matters worse, Willingdon Island, where timber from different parts of the country land, is serving as the hub of ...
CMFRI, Library
core   +1 more source

Pawpaw leaves supplemented with three calcium sources and their effects on the african giant land snail in humid Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The response of one hundred and thirty-two (132) grower African giant land snail (Archachatina marginata) with a weight range of 231.33-234.00 g and fed fresh pawpaw (Carica papaya) leaf-based diet supplemented with three mineral calcium sources was ...
I Etela   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Socio-environmental assessment of the impact of the African snail, Lissachatina fulica (Férussac), 1821, on the population of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2022
The introduction of the African snail Lissachatina fulica worldwide poses a risk to the environment, agriculture and human health. Considered a socio-environmental pest it causes problems to plantations and gardens, in addition to threatening native ...
Lígia Cristina Cazarin-Oliveira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A chromosomal-level genome assembly for the giant African snail Achatina fulica [PDF]

open access: yesGigaScience, 2019
Abstract Background Achatina fulica, the giant African snail, is the largest terrestrial mollusk species. Owing to its voracious appetite, wide environmental adaptability, high growth rate, and reproductive capacity, it has become an invasive species across the world, mainly in Southeast Asia, Japan ...
Yuhong Guo   +12 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Neurotoxicity of a Novel Local Anesthetic Agent, Ropivacaine: The Possible Roles of Bursts of Potential and Cytoplasmic Second Messenger

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2007
Ropivacaine has been shown to induce convulsion following overdose or accidental intravenous injection, but the mechanisms are poorly understood.
Pei-Lin Lin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children’s Relationships with a Non-Vertebrate Animal: The Case of a Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica) at School

open access: yesAnimals, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Performance, proximate and mineral analyses of African giant land snail (Archachatina marginata) fed different nitrogen sources [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The effect of different nitrogen sources in the diets offered to caged African giant land snail, Archachatina marginata, was investigated in a six months experiment.
Ademolu, KO   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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