Table 8.
Effect of substituting SBM with YMM on digestive enzymes activity in the intestine of grass carp after 8 weeks1.
| Item | Groups |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBM | H25 | H50 | H75 | H100 | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | |
| Amylase, U/mg prot | 36.13 ± 1.237c | 31.96 ± 1.300bc | 30.95 ± 0.393b | 25.52 ± 0.747a | 21.90 ± 0.595a | 0.001 | 0.012 | 0.020 |
| Trypsin, U/mg prot | 545.13 ± 29.176 | 536.41 ± 33.004 | 507.47 ± 47.160 | 550.61 ± 13.265 | 602.57 ± 15.291 | 0.333 | 0.154 | 0.082 |
| Lipases, U/g prot | 22.10 ± 0.337c | 18.05 ± 1.042b | 17.91 ± 1.041b | 14.13 ± 0.474a | 12.89 ± 0.350a | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.297 |
YMM = yellow mealworm meal; SBM = soybean meal.
Different superscripts were used to show statistical differences at P < 0.05.
1
SBM was substituted by YMM at 0% (SBM), 25% (H25), 50% (H50), 75% (H75) and 100% (H100), respectively.