Table 7. Apparent digestibility coefficients (%, ADC) for dry matter, protein, lipid of experimental diets for Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei

ADCd1) ADCp2) ADCl3)
Con 67.8 ± 0.44c 84.1 ± 0.37c 86.6 ±0.51b
TB5 71.9 ± 1.15b 86.1 ± 0.58b 87.5 ± 0.92ab
TB10 71.9 ± 0.46b 86.4 ± 0.40b 87.6 ± 0.51ab
TB20 74.9 ± 0.21a 88.4 ± 0.37a 88.7 ± 0.25a
Pr > F*
ANOVA 0.000 0.000 0.001
Linear 0.000 0.000 0.000
Quadratic 0.100 0.914 0.846
Values are mean of triplicate groups (n = 3) and presented as mean ± SD.
Values with different superscripts in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).
Apparent digestibility coefficient of dry matter (%).
Apparent digestibility coefficient of protein (%).
Apparent digestibility coefficient of lipid (%).
Con, basal diet; TB, tributyrin; TB5, TB10 and TB20 are 0.05%, 0.1% and 0.2% TB supplemented diets; ANOVA, analysis of variances.
Probability value associated with the F-statistic. Values < 0.05 indicate significant differences among treatments.