Research Article

The Effects of Dietary Thyme Oil (Thymus vulgaris) Essential Oils for Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio): Growth Performance, Digestive Enzyme Activity, Antioxidant Defense, Tissue and Mucus Immune Parameters, and Resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila

Table 6

Liver-specific enzymes activity of common carp were fed four experimental diets over 60 days. Values are presented as the mean ± SE.

ParametersControlT1T2T3

ALT (U/ml)17.06 ± 0.41ab17.66 ± 0.48a15.43 ± 0.52b15.89 ± 0.52b
AST (U/ml)26.78 ± 0.68a23.55 ± 0.70b22.27 ± 0.67b21.34 ± 0.57b
ALP (U/ml)14.21 ± 0.5714.61 ± 0.3613.62 ± 0.3613.91 ± 0.25

Different letters (a–b) in the same row indicate significant differences ().