Responses of purple mud crab (Scylla tranquebarica) to various saccharide solutions and the saccharide-coated pelleted feeds

• Main Authors: Liew, Kit-Shing, Tan, Karsoon, Liew, Hon Jung, Reiji, Masuda, Rossita Shapawi, Audrey Daning Tuzan, Annita Seok Kian Yong, Gunzo Kawamura, Leong-Seng Lim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2022
• Subjects: QL360-599.82 Invertebrates
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35108/1/ABSTRACT01.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35108/2/Fulltext.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35108/; https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85142163692&doi=10.1016%2fj.applanim.2022.105793&origin=inward&txGid=313ae58c9047b2068e2bd2b1949667b6; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105793
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Mud crabs (Scylla spp.) are economically important portunid species for aquaculture in many countries across the Indo-Pacific region. However, there is still no commercial species-specific formulated feed available for mud crabs, and mud crabs generally reject pelleted feed and the commercial formul...