Growth and Mortality Rates of Cornu aspersum: Organic Snail Culture System, Black Sea Region
The study was aimed to examine a snail organic culture system and describe the cultivation properties of Cornu aspersum. The environmental parameters of the culture system and their effects on the growth and mortality rates of C. aspersum were determined
Mehmet Bedrettin Duman +5 more
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Malacological news from the Czech and Slovak Republics in 2020 [PDF]
This paper presents important faunistic records including location data with all details conducted in the Czech and Slovak Republics during 2020. Four new non-native species, Arion intermedius, Ambigolimax valentianus, Clathrocaspia knipowitschii and ...
Tomáš Čejka +13 more
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Introduction: The objective of the present research was to carry out a comparative assessment of copper, zinc, and selenium concentrations in the meat of edible land snails collected in Poland (Helix pomatia, Cornu aspersum maxima, and Cornu aspersum ...
Drozd Łukasz +6 more
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Snails as Temporal Biomonitors of the Occurrence and Distribution of Pesticides in an Apple Orchard
The intensive use of pesticides in agricultural areas and the resulting effects have created a need to develop monitoring programs for their active assessment at low cost. This research entails a biomonitoring study of the pesticides in an apple orchard,
Josephine Al-Alam +7 more
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Heritability and genetics correlations for body weight in escargots
The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for body weight at 60 (P60), 90 (P90), and 120 (P120) days of age in escargots of the subspecies Cornu aspersum maximum, evaluating the influence of fixed and covariable effects on these ...
Felipe André Oliveira Freitas +7 more
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The giant African snail, Achatina fulica (Gastropoda: Achatinidae): Using bioclimatic models to identify South American areas susceptible to invasion [PDF]
Fil: Vogler, Roberto Eugenio. División Zoología Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Beltramino, Ariel Anibal. División Zoología Invertebrados.
Beltramino, Ariel Anibal +5 more
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ABA, AAB and ABC renewal with Pavlovian conditioning of tentacle lowering procedure in the snail Cornu aspersum [PDF]
Vicerrectorado de Investigaci'on de la Universidad de Oviedo [PAPI-21-PF ...
Loy Madera, Ignacio +1 more
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Microbial diversity of garden snail mucus
The search for new natural compounds for application in medicine and cosmetics is a trend in biotechnology. One of the sources of such active compounds is the snail mucus. Snail physiology and the biological activity of their fluids (especially the mucus)
Mihaela Belouhova +6 more
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Fatty acid profile in edible eggs of snails from the Cornu genus
The aim of this study was to determine the content of fatty acids in eggs harvested from two edible subspecies of Polish-bred common garden snail from the Cornu genus, as well as this content in the retail-ready product obtained from these eggs.
Maćkowiak-Dryka Monika +3 more
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How fast is a snail’s pace? The influences of size and substrate on gastropod speed of locomotion [PDF]
Terrestrial gastropods display monotaxic direct crawling. During locomotion, smooth muscle contraction stimulates a series of pedal waves that move along the ventral surface of the foot.
Baur B. +6 more
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