<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\">Abstract:</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\"> The earthworms are commonly used for production of vermicompost. Organic wastes can be ingested by earthworms and egested as a peat-like material termed as vermicompost. Vermicomposting is a method of preparing enriched compost with the use of earthworms. The growth and mortality of an epigeic earthworm <em>Eudrilus eugenae</em> was studied under laboratory conditions from five kinds of animal wastes, i.e. cow, buffalo, goat, sheep and pig. Five hatchlings per 100 g of waste were used to study mortality and growth rate. No mortality was observed in any waste. The earthworms grew rapidly in cow, goat and sheep waste. The growth observed during present study exhibited in the order cow&gt;goat&gt; Sheep&gt;buffalo&gt;donkey in <em>Eudrilus eugenae</em>.</span></p>
 
<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\">Key words:</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\"> <em>Eudrilus eugenae, </em>animal waste,vermicompost, growth.</span></p>