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)

Table 4 Chemical composition (%) of the soft body 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 at the end of the 16-week feeding trial

Experimental diets	Moisture	Crude protein	Crude lipid	Ash
Control	77.9 ± 0.06^a	17.5 ± 0.07^b	1.4 ± 0.07^b	2.2 ± 0.09^a
WRB	76.9 ± 0.26^b	18.1 ± 0.09^a	1.9 ± 0.09^a	2.1 ± 0.07^a
TSS	77.5 ± 0.24^ab	18.3 ± 0.13^a	1.7 ± 0.07^a	1.9 ± 0.07^b
Undaria	76.8 ± 0.20^b	17.1 ± 0.12^c	1.3 ± 0.09^b	2.3 ± 0.07^a

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

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