Research Article

Efficacy of an Insect-Based Diet with Addition of Probiotics on Growth, Proximate Composition, Enzymatic Efficiency, and Immune Response of Nile Tilapia

Table 5

Digestive activity of Nile tilapia under the influence of insect-based meals.

TreatmentsT0T1T2T3T4T5T6T7T8

Protease70.83 ± 0.284ab71.7 ± 0.365a71.7 ± 0.2511a70.43 ± 0.409ab69.76 ± 0.371b71.56 ± 0.548ab71.46 ± 0.491ab70.2 ± 0.351ab69.83 ± 0.333ab
Lipase195.56 ± 0.548bc198.2 ± 0.351ab197.5 ± 0.577ab195.83 ± 0.28abc193.83 ± 0.848c198.5 ± 0.577a198.16 ± 0.352ab194.5 ± 0.577c193.46 ± 0.606c
Amylase4.63 ± 0.088a5.26 ± 0.120ab5.1 ± 0.1ab4.6 ± 0.288ab4.46 ± 0.233ab5.23 ± 0.066a5.03 ± 0.120ab4.56 ± 0.185ab4.3 ± 0.115b

The values in the same row with various superscripts differ significantly ().