Effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus

This study investigated the effects of food quality on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro protein digestibility and histological traits of the midgut gland in juvenile crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Animals of a wide weight range were fed different diets: two commercial diets with high or low l...

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Autores principales: Sacristán, Hernán Javier, Fernández Gimenez, Analia Verónica
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spelling paper:paper_00017272_v97_n4_p407_Sacristan2023-06-08T14:21:26Z Effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus Sacristán, Hernán Javier Fernández Gimenez, Analia Verónica Cherax quadricarinatus digestive enzymes feed formulations in vitro protein digestibility midgut gland artificial diet crayfish digestibility enzyme activity food quality histology juvenile lipid malnutrition protein Animalia Astacoidea Cherax quadricarinatus This study investigated the effects of food quality on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro protein digestibility and histological traits of the midgut gland in juvenile crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Animals of a wide weight range were fed different diets: two commercial diets with high or low lipid content (high lipid and low lipid, respectively) and were compared with a reference diet (RF) previously formulated for this species. Proteinase, lipase and amylase activities were significantly influenced by diet and weight. Specific trypsin activity was significantly higher for crayfish fed with the HL diet. Trypsin activity depended on diet and weight. Protein digestibility showed that HL was the most digestible diet and RF the least. The weight of the animals did not affect protein digestibility. Structural disorganization, hypertrophy of B-cells and presence of large vacuoles in R-cells were mainly observed in juveniles fed with HL, indicative of malnutrition. Thus, our data suggest that the HL diet would not be the most appropriate for C. quadricarinatus, while RF diet would be more convenient for culture of this species. © 2015 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Fil:Sacristán, H.J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Fernández-Gimenez, A.V. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2016 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00017272_v97_n4_p407_Sacristan http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00017272_v97_n4_p407_Sacristan
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topic Cherax quadricarinatus
digestive enzymes
feed formulations
in vitro protein digestibility
midgut gland
artificial diet
crayfish
digestibility
enzyme activity
food quality
histology
juvenile
lipid
malnutrition
protein
Animalia
Astacoidea
Cherax quadricarinatus
spellingShingle Cherax quadricarinatus
digestive enzymes
feed formulations
in vitro protein digestibility
midgut gland
artificial diet
crayfish
digestibility
enzyme activity
food quality
histology
juvenile
lipid
malnutrition
protein
Animalia
Astacoidea
Cherax quadricarinatus
Sacristán, Hernán Javier
Fernández Gimenez, Analia Verónica
Effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus
topic_facet Cherax quadricarinatus
digestive enzymes
feed formulations
in vitro protein digestibility
midgut gland
artificial diet
crayfish
digestibility
enzyme activity
food quality
histology
juvenile
lipid
malnutrition
protein
Animalia
Astacoidea
Cherax quadricarinatus
description This study investigated the effects of food quality on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro protein digestibility and histological traits of the midgut gland in juvenile crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Animals of a wide weight range were fed different diets: two commercial diets with high or low lipid content (high lipid and low lipid, respectively) and were compared with a reference diet (RF) previously formulated for this species. Proteinase, lipase and amylase activities were significantly influenced by diet and weight. Specific trypsin activity was significantly higher for crayfish fed with the HL diet. Trypsin activity depended on diet and weight. Protein digestibility showed that HL was the most digestible diet and RF the least. The weight of the animals did not affect protein digestibility. Structural disorganization, hypertrophy of B-cells and presence of large vacuoles in R-cells were mainly observed in juveniles fed with HL, indicative of malnutrition. Thus, our data suggest that the HL diet would not be the most appropriate for C. quadricarinatus, while RF diet would be more convenient for culture of this species. © 2015 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
author Sacristán, Hernán Javier
Fernández Gimenez, Analia Verónica
author_facet Sacristán, Hernán Javier
Fernández Gimenez, Analia Verónica
author_sort Sacristán, Hernán Javier
title Effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus
title_short Effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus
title_full Effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus
title_fullStr Effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus
title_full_unstemmed Effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus
title_sort effect of different diets on digestive enzyme activities, in vitro digestibility, and midgut gland structure in juvenile crayfish, cherax quadricarinatus
publishDate 2016
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00017272_v97_n4_p407_Sacristan
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00017272_v97_n4_p407_Sacristan
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