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Procurement of cheap and affordable feeds has been a problem to intensive management of microlivestocks like snails in Nigeria. This study examines the impact of Carica papaya (pawpaw) leaves and fruits on the growth and reproductive performance of giant African land snail, Archachatina marginata. A total of sixty individual snails (115.2±0.01g) were randomly allotted to five treatments of twelve snails each (each treatment has three replicates of four snails each). The treatments are chicken mash (control), fresh pawpaw leaves, old pawpaw leaves, unripe pawpaw fruit and ripe pawpaw fruits. The snails were fed with these diets ad libitum for 12 weeks. Results showed that snails fed ripe pawpaw fruits recorded the highest weight gain (31.6 g) followed by snails fed with chicken mash, while those fed old pawpaw leaves had the least weight gain (10.4 g). Also, snails fed ripe pawpaw fruit laid the highest number of egg (45), while snails fed with chicken mash and old pawpaw leaves laid no egg. It can thus be concluded that ripe pawpaw fruit contributes better to the growth and reproductive performance of A. marginata than other parts of the plant.

Contribución de la planta de papaya (Carica papaya) a la nutrición del caracol de tierra gigante africano