Table 5.
Non-specific immune responses of juvenile Nile tilapia fed the experimental diets for 8 weeks.
Diets 1 | Pooled SEM |
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CON | OTC | BS7 | BS8 | LL7 | LL8 | ||
Lysozyme (U/mL) | 1.23 b | 1.47 a | 1.68 ab | 1.69 a | 1.67 a | 1.80 a | 0.08 |
SOD 2 | 64.8 b | 81.2 a | 81.2 a | 83.5 a | 86.2 a | 81.1 a | 3.08 |
MPO 3 | 2.71 b | 3.68 a | 3.48 a | 3.94 a | 4.13 a | 3.90 a | 0.21 |
1 Values are means ± SD of triplicate groups of fish. Values in each row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05). For information on diets refer to Table 3. 2 SOD: Superoxide dismutase activity (% inhibition). 3 MPO: Myeloperoxidase activity (OD at 450 nm). a,b Data with different superscripts are significantly different.