Table 3.
Intestinal dry matter and leucine aminopeptidase activity (LAP) (Mean values with their standard errors)
| LFa | LFCb | Pooled SEM | P-valuec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intestinal dry matter (%) | ||||
| PI1 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 0.65 | 0.062 |
| PI2 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 0.71 | 0.086 |
| MI | 12.9 | 14.5 | 0.67 | 0.005 |
| DI1 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 0.48 | 0.011 |
| DI2 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 0.47 | <0.001 |
| LAP (mmol/h/kg BW) | ||||
| PI | 244 | 235 | 16.1 | 0.729 |
| DI | 44 | 43 | 3.1 | 0.743 |
| LAP (μmol/h/mg prot) | ||||
| PI | 331 | 385 | 25.3 | 0.309 |
| DI | 228 | 244 | 17.3 | 0.237 |
aControl low fishmeal diet group (n = 20)
bCholine supplemented low fishmeal diet (n = 20)
cP-values in bold indicate significant differences between the two treatments; italicized values represent trends