Meat Yield and Physical Traits of Snails in Abobo Markets, Côte d’Ivoire | InformativeBD

 

Jean Baptiste Aman, from the institute Cȏte d’Ivoire. Soronikpo Soro, from the institute Cȏte d’Ivoire. Jean Didié Memel , from the institute Cȏte d’Ivoire. Ayé Stanislas Adou, from the institute Cȏte d’Ivoire. Timbilfou Kiendrebeogo, from the institute Cȏte d’Ivoire. and Atcho Otchoumou, from the institute Cȏte d’Ivoire. wrote a Research Article about, Meat Yield and Physical Traits of Snails in Abobo Markets, Côte d’Ivoire. Entitled, Physical characteristics and meat yield of snails sold in the dry season on Abobo (Abidjan, Côte D’ivoire) markets. This research paper published by the International Journal of Agronomyand Agricultural Research (IJAAR). an open access scholarly research journal on Agronomy. under the affiliation of the International Network For Natural Sciences | INNSpub. an open access multidisciplinary research journal publisher.

Abstract

In order to characterize the snails sold and consumed by the population of Abidjan during the long dry season, a study was carried out to evaluate the physical characteristics and the quantity of meat provided by the snails found for sale on the markets of Abobo during the said season. To do this, sites selling live snails were inventoried and visited once a month. At each visit, 10 snails of different categories (juveniles, sub-adults and adults) found on sale at the markets were purchased and transported to the laboratory. After fasting for three days, the animals were weighed and measured before being euthanised by scalding. Their various body parts were isolated and weighed in order to estimate the average quantities of fresh meat offered by each category of snail sold on the Abobo market. During the experiments, juveniles and sub-adults of the species Achatina achatina and Archachatina ventricosa were found for sale on the Abobo market. Juvenile and subadult Achatina achatina snails had respective mean live weights of 13.71 ± 2.96 g and 61.5 ± 10.40 g. Their average quantities of fresh meat were 13.71 ± 2.96 g and 22.5 ± 4.16 g respectively. Archachatina ventricosa juveniles had an average live weight of 38.8 ± 3.30 g and an average quantity of  fresh meat of 14.4 56 ± 0.81 g. The subadults, on the other hand, had an average live weight of 56 ± 2.04 g, and an average weight of fresh meat of 19 ± 1.02 g.

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Introduction

The flesh of giant African snails is a real source of protein, containing all the amino acids needed by humans (Zongo et al., 1990). This meat is highly prized by many West Africans for its flavour and quality (Otchoumou et al., 2010). Snails consist of two essential parts: the shell and the soft tissue. The foot, the head, the mantle bead and the distal part of the genital tract, including the penile sleeve, are the soft tissue parts usually consumed by the Ivorian population (Aman, 2013). The snail shell, which consists almost entirely of calcium carbonate (Stievenart and Hardouin, 1990), is used in the manufacture of animal feed (Diomandé et al., 2008). The viscera (the part not consumed) are used as a source of protein in animal feed (Otchoumou et al., 2005).

The primary objective of wild snail collection and farming in Côte d'Ivoire is to provide edible meat to help meet the population's protein requirements. The majority of snails consumed and sold on the Ivorian market come from forest collection (Kouassi et al., 2008). On the various markets in Abidjan, snails are very abundant in the rainy season and rare in the dry season (Memel et al., 2009). During the dry season, the snails' activities diminish considerably, burying themselves in the soil or under dry leaves and withdrawing into their shells, which they seal with a self-produced calcareous material (Ategbo et al., 1999). Large snails retreat to the forest or fallow land to encyst, so the snails you see on the market are generally small. These are snails that generally have not had time to lay their eggs in the wild before being caught.

The aim of this study is to estimate the physical characteristics and meat yield of the various snail species sold on the Abobo market during the long dry season.

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