Substituting seaweed with corn leaf in diet of sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus): effects on growth, feed conversion ratio and feed digestibility

• Main Authors: Wu, B., Xia, S., Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Rajkumar, M., Fu, Z., Tan, J., Yang, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2015
• Subjects: SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/42669/1/MM_Rahman-2015-Sea_cucumber.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/42669/; http://www.journals.elsevier.com/aquaculture/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

A 60-day experiment was conducted to develop a practical diet for sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) substituting seaweed with corn leaf. Five experimental diets were constructed with each containing a 70% sea mud. The other 30% is composed of (A) 30% Sargassum thunbergii (seaweed) only, (B) 22.5...