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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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PREVENTION OF DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY THE GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL. A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. [PDF]

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, Marlen Viñet Espinosa, Savannah Pearson   +2 more
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Perception of giant African snail (Achatina fulica) in urban community from Colombia [PDF]

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, Sebastian Giraldo Ocampo, Alan Giraldo López   +2 more
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Bacterial diversity in different regions of gastrointestinal tract of Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) [PDF]

MicrobiologyOpen, 2012
Kiran D Pawar, Sunil Banskar, Yogesh S Shouche   +2 more
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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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Snail Paradise Trilogy: A Series by Chang En-man

Pacific Arts, 2022
In 1933, a Japanese colonial official introduced the giant African snail ( Achatina fulica ), originally from East Africa, to Taiwan from Singapore to be raised for food.
En-man 張恩滿 Chang
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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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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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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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