Research Article
Nutritional Performance of Juvenile Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Fed Various Fish, Shrimp, and Squid Diets
Table 3
Composition of the different components used in the experimental diets. Values are listed as proportions.
| Experimental diet component | Crude protein | Moisture | Crude fat | Crude fiber | Ash |
| D. punctatus fish | 0.74 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.14 | L. vannamei shrimp | 0.83 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.10 | L. opalescens squid | 0.77 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | Illex squid | 0.68 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.07 | Conditioning feed | 0.40 - 0.55 | | 0.10 – 0.15 | 0.04 – 0.015 | | Pelleted trial feed | 0.40 | | 0.10 | 0.04 | |
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