Abstract: Jathi pond 250.88 N’ Latitude 840.74 E’ Longitude, Chapra town is situated on the bank of Saryu River on the Southern side near the Gandak on the Eastern side. Jathi pond located about 1 km away from Chapra Kacheri Railway Station. This pond falls on the road side and near the railway line towards Musarakh Railway Station. The whole water area of the pond is about 3 hectares and depth of water varies from 1 meter to 5 meters. During the flood and rainy season the water area is further increased. The bank of pond is made of soils only and source of water is rain and also form flood of Saryu and Gandak rivers. The nutritional constituent and mineral contents of fresh water snail Pilla globosa from Jathi Pond, Chapra was investigated carried out using the methods outline in the Department of Zoology lab, DAVPG College, Siwan. The results obtained showed that the snail contained 76.32%±0.84 The nutritional constituent and mineral contents of the fresh water snail (Pila globosa) from Jathi Pond, Chapra, Bihar, was investigated. This was moisture, 10.67%± 0.15 protein, 0.06%± 0.02 lipids, 5.54% ±0.11 ash, 0.03%± 0.01 crude fibre and 7.40%± 0.06 Nitrogen free extract. The following nutrient were found to be present in the snail. These were calcium 129.18± 0.77mg/100g, potassium 71.13 ±0.51mg/100g, phosphorous 60.52 ±0.35mg/100g, iron 10.19 ±0.19, sodium 0.04± 0.01mg/100g, magnesium 31.19± 0.57mg/100g and zinc 1.31± 0.03mg/100g. This study therefore places Pila globosa as a good source of major and micro- elements and a good source of healthy food for proper growth and development of the body. Its production either from the wild or cultured environment could be a good source of income for the teaming population.
Keywords: Pila globosa, Nutritional constituent, Major and Micro element, Environment, Population etc.
Title: Proximate Analysis and Nutritional Constituent of the Fresh Water Apple Snail (Pila globosa) from Jathi Pond, District, Chapra (Saran) Bihar
Author: Dr.Bibhuti Dutta Singh
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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