Table 5. Hematological parameters of Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei fed the experimental diets for 8 weeks

	AST1)	ALT2)	Total protein3)	Glucose4)
Con	69.12 ± 2.23	46.98 ± 3.22	3.06 ± 0.21	576 ± 13.62
TB5	68.61 ± 1.80	43.75 ±5.31	2.99 ± 0.51	575 ± 12.07
TB10	67.99 ± 1.95	43.48 ± 4.06	3.25 ± 0.58	573 ± 10.95
TB20	66.86 ± 3.95	45.46 ± 3.65	3.13 ± 0.24	574 ± 18.87
Pr > F*
ANOVA	0.660	0.615	0.836	0.994
Linear	0.233	0.611	0.613	0.834
Quadratic	0.820	0.232	0.921	0.901

Values are mean of four replicate groups (n = 4) and presented as mean ± SD.
Aspartate transaminase (U/l).
Alanine transaminase (U/l).
Total proteins (g dL⁻¹).
Glucose (mg dL⁻¹).
Con, basal diet; TB, tributyrin; TB5, TB10 and TB20 are 0.05%, 0.1% and 0.2% TB supplemented diets; ANOVA, analysis of variance.
Probability value associated with the F-statistic. Values < 0.05 indicate significant differences among treatments.