Over the past decade, Australian abalone were produced using a range of commercially formulated grow-out diets with crude protein (CP) levels ranging from 27% to 30% throughout their production cycle. Recent research identified higher optimal dietary CP levels of greater than or equal to 35% for younger than 1-y-old abalone at higher water temperatures (20–22 C). To validate the results of the ...

BACKGROUND Consumers are increasingly turning to plant-based complementary and alternative medicines to treat hypercholesterolemia. Many of these treatments are untested and their efficacy is unknown. This multitude of potential remedies necessitates a model system amenable to testing large numbers of organisms that maintains similarity to humans in both mode of drug administration and overall ...

Australian abalone production has been affected by outbreaks of abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) caused by a herpesvirus (AbHV). In this study, we undertook experimental transmission trials by immersion to study the abalone immune response to infection with AbHV. Representative cellular and humoural immune parameters of abalone, including total haemocyte count (THC), superoxide anion (SO) an...