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Table 3 Shell length (mm), shell width (mm), shell height (mm), and soft body weight (g/individual) of abalone fed the experimental diets substituting Undaria with the dry white radish’ by-product (WRB) and tunic of sea squirt (TSS) for 16 weeks

From: Substitution effect of white radish (Raphanus sativus L.)’ by-product and tunic of sea squirt (Halocynthia rorentzi, von Drasche) for Undaria pinnatifida in feed of abalone (Haliotis discus, Reeve 1846)

Experimental diets

Shell length (mm)

Shell width (mm)

Shell height (mm)

Soft body weight (g)

Control

45.9 ± 0.38b

31.7 ± 0.54a

10.3 ± 0.78a

5.8 ± 0.07ab

WRB

45.6 ± 0.41b

31.2 ± 0.53a

10.8 ± 0.41a

5.7 ± 0.04b

TSS

47.1 ± 0.29a

31.5 ± 0.59a

11.2 ± 0.21a

5.9 ± 0.06a

Undaria

45.0 ± 0.14b

30.3 ± 0.16a

9.9 ± 0.51a

5.5 ± 0.01c

  1. Values (means of triplicate ± SE) in the same column sharing the same superscript letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05)