Research Article

Production Response and Digestive Enzymatic Activity of the Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) Intensively Pregrown in Microbial Heterotrophic and Autotrophic-Based Systems

Table 3

Means ± SD of digestive enzymes activity of L. vannamei in the autotrophic (A), heterotrophic (H), and control systems.

Trypsin (abs/min/mg protein)Amylase (abs/min/mg protein)Lipase (abs/min/mg protein)

C 0 . 2 4 ± 0 . 0 3 a 0 . 2 1 ± 0 . 0 2 a 0 . 0 0 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 a
AS 0 . 2 5 ± 0 . 0 4 a 0 . 2 3 ± 0 . 0 5 a 0 . 0 0 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 a
HS 0 . 2 8 ± 0 . 0 7 a 0 . 2 8 ± 0 . 0 6 b 0 . 0 0 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 a

Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ) .