Research Article

Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) Essential Oil at Optimized Dietary Levels Prompted Growth, Immunity, and Resistance to Enteric Red-Mouth Disease in the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Table 3

Digestive enzymes of rainbow trout (O. mykiss) over 60 days feeding with TGO.

ParametersTG1TG2TG3TG4

Amylase (U/mg prot)1.55 ± 0.12b2.16 ± 0.067a2.32 ± 0.1a2.21 ± 0.05a
Protease (U/mg prot)8.83 ± 0.27b11.36 ± 0.25a11.16 ± 0.97ab10.74 ± 0.31ab
Lipase (U/mg prot)6.04 ± 0.08c7.10 ± 0.06b8.03 ± 0.10a7.31 ± 0.21b

Control or TG1 (untreated), TG2 (0.5% TGO), TG3 (1% TGO), and TG4 (2% TGO). Different letters (a–c) in the same row indicate significant differences ().