PROPAGATION AND CULTURE SYSTEM OF LOCAL LEECHES
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Date
2011
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Journal of Sustainability Science and Management
Abstract
This particular research work was one of the few that have been reported on the basic
requirements for culturing of local leeches including reproduction and also the behaviour of the
animal. In this study, the effect of different cultures for leech-rearing in laboratory conditions on the
reproductive performance of local leech was examined. After 91 days (3 months) of culturing, the
number of cocoons produced was significantly different between the two conditions (p:$.0.05). For
the leeches cultured in the tank with 1em depth of non-chlorinated water with soil height of about
Scm, cocoon deposition number was optimal, depositing an average of 3.67±0.58 compared with
culture 2 where there was no cocoons produced by broodstock. Mortalities of broodstock leeches
differed significantly under the two culturing methods (p:$.0.05). Culture 1 gave the lowest mortality
rate with mean and standard deviation of 2.67±2.31% compared with the second culture which
gave the highest mortality rate of 40±10.58%. The study also discussed the reproduction and the
behaviour of the local leeches.
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Hirudinea sp., leech, culture system