Table 5.
Item | Dietary Thr levels, g/kg diet | |||||
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3.3 | 5.9 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 15.8 | |
Trypsin, U/g protein | 177.2 ± 10.2a | 239.9 ± 12.5b | 252.6 ± 12.1b | 291.2 ± 16.8c | 286.1 ± 10.0c | 294.0 ± 10.6c |
Chymotrypsin, U/g protein | 1.03 ± 0.09a | 1.00 ± 0.08a | 2.29 ± 0.15c | 1.58 ± 0.14b | 1.45 ± 0.14b | 1.48 ± 0.12b |
alpha-amylase, U /mg protein | 2.46 ± 0.12a | 2.51 ± 0.19a | 2.84 ± 0.09b | 2.75 ± 0.06b | 2.73 ± 0.04b | 2.77 ± 0.04b |
Lipase, U/g protein | 19.11 ± 1.29ab | 20.97 ± 1.77bc | 22.71 ± 2.00c | 22.55 ± 2.41c | 21.06 ± 2.34bc | 17.93 ± 1.26a |
a,b,cMeans in the same row without a letter in common are significantly different (P< 0.05)
dValues are mean ± SD (n = 6)