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Table 6. Bacterial enzyme activity in the cecal digesta of chinchillas¹ (mean ± SEM).

		Diet			P-value

		C	FM	MWM
α-Glucosidase
	Extracellular	8.55 ± 0.961^a	11.6 ± 1.450^a	7.41 ± 0.501^b	0.013
	Intracellular	9.29 ± 0.935	10.9 ± 1.595	7.75 ± 0.487	0.070
	Total	17.8 ± 1.874	22.5 ± 2.978^a	15.2 ± 0.857^b	0.028
	Extracellular²	47.6 ± 0.941^b	52.0 ± 1.437^a	48.8 ± 1.666^ab	0.049
β-Glucosidase
	Extracellular	8.99 ± 0.960^b	12.5 ± 0.904^a	8.82 ± 1.183^b	0.025
	Intracellular	9.93 ± 0.698^b	13.1 ± 0.668^a	10.4 ± 1.142^b	0.023
	Total	18.9 ± 1.624^b	25.6 ± 1.359^a	19.2 ± 2.313^b	0.022
	Extracellular²	47.0 ± 1.376	48.7 ± 1.518	45.4 ± 0.977	0.107
α-Galactosidase
	Extracellular	30.2 ± 3.627	37.9 ± 3.984^a	25.9 ± 2.382^b	0.028
	Intracellular	33.9 ± 3.117	42.9 ± 4.927^a	28.7 ± 2.531^b	0.016
	Total	64.1 ± 6.718	80.8 ± 8.552^a	54.5 ± 4.658^b	0.018
	Extracellular²	46.7 ± 0.915	47.2 ± 1.648	47.2 ± 0.982	0.778
β-Galactosidase
	Extracellular	48.5 ± 3.068^b	67.9 ± 5.884^a	42.9 ± 4.644^b	0.002
	Intracellular	43.0 ± 1.979^b	57.9 ± 3.491^a	37.6 ± 5.155^b	0.002
	Total	91.5 ± 4.686^b	126 ± 9.154^a	80.5 ± 9.409^b	0.001
	Extracellular²	52.8 ± 1.131	53.6 ± 1.010	53.8 ± 1.982	0.649
β-Glucuronidase
	Extracellular	43.3 ± 3.919	50.0 ± 9.166	56.4 ± 6.658	0.220
	Intracellular	51.9 ± 3.959	58.3 ± 10.37	63.5 ± 8.474	0.346
	Total	95.1 ± 7.774	108 ± 19.31	120 ± 14.49	0.272
	Extracellular²	45.3 ± 0.811	46.0 ± 1.532	47.2 ± 1.889	0.418
α-Arabinopyranosidase
	Extracellular	6.40 ± 0.568	6.86 ± 0.896	6.58 ± 0.733	0.687
	Intracellular	7.17 ± 0.499^b	10.1 ± 0.698^a	6.89 ± 0.720^b	0.003
	Total	13.6 ± 1.063	17.0 ± 0.980	13.5 ± 1.412	0.055
	Extracellular²	46.9 ± 0.651	40.1 ± 3.861^b	48.6 ± 1.258^a	0.025
β-Xylosidase
	Extracellular	6.09 ± 0.682^b	7.85 ± 0.424^a	5.13 ± 0.612^b	0.005
	Intracellular	6.67 ± 0.866^b	8.58 ± 0.532^a	5.67 ± 0.633^b	0.011
	Total	12.8 ± 1.504^b	16.4 ± 0.808^a	10.8 ± 1.228^b	0.005
	Extracellular²	48.1 ± 1.578	47.8 ± 1.636	47.4 ± 1.143	0.747

C, control; FM, fish meal; MWM, Mealworm larvae meal. ¹µmol/h/g digesta. ²Expressed as percentage of total (extra- + intracellular) enzymatic activity. ^a,bMean values within rows with no common superscripts are different at P<0.05.

Table 6. Bacterial enzyme activity in the cecal digesta of chinchillas1 (mean ± SEM).

Table 6. Bacterial enzyme activity in the cecal digesta of chinchillas¹ (mean ± SEM).