INTERACTION BETWEEN VITAMINS A AND D ON GROWTH AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ABALONE HALIOTIS DISCUS HANNAI, INO

A 152-day growth experiment was conducted in a recirculated water system to investigate the interaction between vitamins A (retinol) and D (cholecalciferol) on growth and metabolic responses in abalone Haliotis discus hannai Ino. Triplicate groups of juvenile abalone (initial weight: 0.35 ± 0.03 g; initial shell length: 11.31 ± 0.25 mm) were fed to satiation one of 16 semipurified diets containing 0, 1 × 103, 1 × 105, 1 × 106 IU/kg vitamin A and...