Snail farming technology

Author: Liu Mingshan
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: Snail meat is a high-protein, low-fat, cholesterol-free, highly nutritious health food containing 20 kinds of amino acids. It is one of the seven popular wild delicacies in the international market and is listed as one of the world's four great delicacies. It is also widely used in pharmaceuticals, chemical industries, and other fields. Snail farming has many advantages, including:
- Wide feed sources, low cost (they eat grass, vegetables, leaves, fruit peels, and other waste);
- Does not occupy farmland, low investment (a room can be invested in with 1,000 yuan);
- Does not compete for labor, quick results (a family woman can earn over 10,000 yuan annually);
- Simple breeding, high reproduction rate (by controlling temperature and humidity, feeding once a day, and each snail laying 150–300 eggs every two months);
- Strong ability to endure hunger, low disease rate, silent, odorless, pollution-free, clean, and hygienic, making it suitable for urban and rural family farming.
Based on the author's decade-long experience in snail farming, combined with teaching, research, and development work, and with the joint efforts of (extensive breeders), this book was compiled. During the writing process, the author strived to make the content both theoretical and practical, easy to understand, and highly applicable and operational. The book systematically introduces the significance and development of snail farming, the biological characteristics of snails, snail farming facilities and construction, snail growth and reproduction, the selection of snail seedlings, the feeding and management of young and adult snails, snail diseases, natural enemies, and their prevention and control, as well as snail processing, collection, transportation, and cooking recipes. It serves as a reference for snail farming professionals, chefs, food, feed, livestock, and research and development workers.