Digestive Enzyme Activity and Temperature: Evolutionary Constraint or Physiological Flexibility? [PDF]
AnimalsTemperature strongly influences physiological processes in ectotherms, including digestion, yet its effects on digestive enzyme activity remain poorly understood. We examined the temperature dependence of digestive performance in eight Mediterranean wall
Konstantinos Sagonas +5 more
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Enhancement of Digestive Enzyme Activity in Enterococcus faecalis Using ARTP Mutagenesis [PDF]
MicroorganismsEnterococcus faecalis is used as a probiotic in animal and human food supplements. Atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP) systems have frequently been used to screen for effective mutant probiotics. In this study, E.
Meng Yuan +7 more
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Feed nutritional composition affects the intestinal microbiota and digestive enzyme activity of black soldier fly larvae [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionUsing black soldier fly larvae (BSFLs) to treat food waste is one of the most promising environmental protection technologies.MethodsWe used high-throughput sequencing to study the effects of different nutritional compositions on the ...
Guozhong Chen +36 more
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Ontogeny of the digestive enzyme activity of the pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) under culture condition [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) is a species with a high potential for aquaculture and a valuable food with high market acceptance. The aim of the study was to evaluate the functional ontogeny of digestive enzyme of pikeperch from hatching to 45 days ...
Fatemeh Lavajoo +5 more
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The pattern of digestive enzyme activity and growth of marine fish larvae mangrove red snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Mangrove red snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus is a highly valuable marine fishery and should be cultivated to ensure sustainability. The growth is crucial for larvae rearing, and the digestive enzyme influences the larval growth.
Melianawati Regina +1 more
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Effects of protease and non-starch polysaccharide enzyme on performance, digestive function, activity and gene expression of endogenous enzyme of broilers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Three hundred one-day-old male broiler chickens (Ross-308) were fed corn-soybean basal diets containing non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) enzyme and different levels of acid protease from 1 to 42 days of age to investigate the effects of exogenous enzymes ...
Lin Yuan +3 more
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Fishes, 2023 The effect of different main dietary compositions on growth, anticipatory digestive enzyme activities, and oxidative status was studied in the proximal intestine of juvenile European sea bass. A control diet (C, 44% protein, 17.6% lipid, and 20% starch),
Irene García-Meilán +4 more
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Aquaculture Reports, 2022 In this study, cobia (Rachycentron canadum) juveniles were utilised as an aquatic model to explore growth performance and immune indices after 70 days of feeding with supplementation of viable isolated microbes’ concentrations of 1 × 1010 and 1 × 1012 ...
Eric Amenyogbe +3 more
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Circadian cycle of digestive enzyme production at fasting and feeding conditions in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Cichlidae) [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2016 Background. Fish have photoperiod-dependent rhythms (circadian cycle of about 24 h), including the enzymatic secretion cycles, and this information has not been available for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758).
M. Montoya-Mejía +2 more
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Effects of hemp seed and flaxseed on enzyme activity in the broiler chicken digestive tract
Animal, 2023 The activity of enzymes in the digestive tract is an important parameter for appropriate digestive tract function. Feed mixtures can be adjusted to support enzymatic activity in different parts of the digestive tract.
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