Effects of dietary copper on survival, growth and immune response of juvenile abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Ino

A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary copper (Cu) on the growth, survival, carcass composition and immune responses in juvenile abalone, Haliotis discus hannai. Six semi-purified diets containing graded levels of dietary copper (1.08, 3.76, 6.54, 14.80, 26.84 and 109.41 mg/kg diet) from CuSO4⋅5H2O were fed to juvenile abalone (initial shell length: 17.21 ± 0.04 mm; initial body weight: 0.65 ± 0.00 g) in triplicate groups for...