Lim, Yew Jun and Liew, Kit Shing and Liew, Hon Jung and Annette Jaya‑Ram and Kianann Tan and Yong, Annita Seok Kian and Rossita Shapawi and Uun Yanuhar and Lim, Leong Seng (2025) Appetitive responses of purple mud crab (Scylla tranquebarica) towards formulated diet leachates made of various marine protein sources. Fisheries Science. ISSN 1444-2906 (Submitted)
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Abstract
The present study evaluated the attractability of diets formulated with various marine protein sources to the Scylla tranquebarica by examining their appetitive responses towards the diets’ leachates. Six experimental diets were formulated using fish meal (FM), sergestid shrimp meal (SSM), and squid meal (SQM), which were FM100 (100% FM protein), SSM100, SQM100, FM50SSM50 (50% FM and 50% SSM proteins), FM50SQM50, and SSM50SQM50. These pelleted diets were immersed in seawater, stirred, and filtered to collect their leachates. Additionally, clam extract (CE) and seawater (SW) were used as positive and negative controls, respectively. The appetitive responses of S. tranquebarica were examined and evaluated using a scoring method, with the mean scores (maximum = 3.0) of each leachate and both controls as follows: SW (0.00), FM100 (2.05), FM50SSM50 (2.11), SQM100 (2.26), SSM50SQM50 (2.32), FM50SQM50 (2.37), SSM100 (2.42), and CE (2.68). Among all leachates, only the mean scores of SSM100 and FM50SQM50 were not significantly different (p > 0.05) from that of CE, which demonstrated that both diets were as attractive as the natural food extract. In conclusion, this finding confirms that sergestid shrimp meal and squid meal are highly attractive protein sources, and they are suitable for use in formulated diet for Scylla mud crabs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Fish meal, Sergestid shrimp meal, Squid meal, Diets attractability, Behaviour |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling > SH1-691 Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling > SH201-399 Fisheries > SH365-380.92 Shellfish fisheries. Shellfish culture |
| Department: | INSTITUTE > Borneo Marine Research Institute |
| Depositing User: | DG MASNIAH AHMAD - |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2025 15:55 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2025 15:55 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/45428 |
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