Growth of market-size abalone (Haliotis midae) fed kelp (Ecklonia maxima) versus a low-protein commercial feed

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dc.contributor.authorFrancis, Tamson
dc.contributor.authorManeveldt, Gavin
dc.contributor.authorVenter, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-14T14:02:53Z
dc.date.available2013-06-14T14:02:53Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe growth of grow-out abalone fed on kelp, with ca. 10 % dry weight protein content, was compared with that of those fed a new ,ca. 26 % protein, commercial feed in a flow-through system on a South African west coast commercial abalone farm. While both feeds produced similar gains in shell length (45.220 μm.day-1 for kelp, 46.839 μm.day-1 for commercial feed), the latter significantly outperformed kelp in terms of weight gain (0.266 % body weight.day-1 for commercial feed; 0.257 % body weight.day-1 for kelp). This low-protein commercial feed may prove to be of considerable benefit as substitute for the kelp plus high-protein feed sometimes used for abalone, because it has most of the benefits of the two feeds, but none of their apparent disadvantages.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationFrancis, T.L., et al. (2008). Growth of market‐size abalone (Haliotis midae) fed kelp (Ecklonia maxima) versus a low‐protein commercial feed. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 33(3): 279 ‐282en_US
dc.identifier.issn1608-5914
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/646
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the authors' final draft following peer review. It may be displayed and circulated, subject to full acknowledgement of author and source. The published item is copyright Taylor & Francis.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2989/AJAS.2008.33.3.12.624
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectFormulated feeden_US
dc.subjectGrowthen_US
dc.subjectHaliotis midaeen_US
dc.subjectKelpen_US
dc.subjectProtein contenten_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleGrowth of market-size abalone (Haliotis midae) fed kelp (Ecklonia maxima) versus a low-protein commercial feeden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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