Snail Rearing

Snail Production
Intro:
Snail is a small animal which belongs to the phylum Molluscs. It is a Nocturnal animals, ci mean,it is very active at night and early in the morning. The animal is invertebrate as well cold blooded.
Snail lives in cool places; in the wild they can be found under leaves, rotten wood debris,and stones. The whole body is made up of:
• Shell(23-40%)
• Edible portion or Foot(30-40%)
• Visceral (20-23%)
• Liquid which makes up the remaining percent (27%)

The animal is in no way imposing threats on the environments in that they are environmental loving. Rearing them doesn’t involve huge startup fund or technical know-how. It is a simple and non- hazard posing domesticatable animal. Keeping Snails require least or less fund and space compare to other livestock farming.
Advantage of Keeping Snails
 It is a good provider of animal protein at about 18% crude protein of considerable high biological activity
 It is a good source of employment/ income
 It’s carcass is highly nutritious and contains all essential amino acids like Lysine, Methionine, among others
 Its clinically proved to have a basic cure for all fat related ailments such as Hypertension, heart failure etc.
 It is an ideal source of raw materials especially in animal feed formulation and production.
 The meat is a good provider of Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, potassium, etc as well as Essential vitamins like Vit.ABEK which aid In the deployment of primary nutrients like CHO,Protein, Lipid