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Table 4 Effect of four experimental diets on haemat-biochemical parameters and digestive enzymes activities of tilapia fish

From: Effects of nano-selenium and/or vitamin E supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, histopathology and resistance to Aspergillus flavus in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Parameter

Control

SeNPs

VE

SeNPs + VE

ALT

8.24 ± 0.37a

6.94 ± 0.29b

4.94 ± 0.16c

6.80 ± 0.36b

AST

18.24 ± 0.21a

17.85 ± 0.29a

12.75 ± 0.23b

12.01 ± 0.21b

ALP

35.75 ± 0.62a

30.45 ± 0.55bc

31.47 ± 0.42b

29.68 ± 0.48c

TP

5.13 ± 0.20b

6.13 ± 0.12a

5.48 ± 0.03b

5.51 ± 0.06b

Albumin

2.88 ± 0.09b

3.24 ± 0.03a

2.67 ± 0.02c

3.04 ± 0.08ab

Globulin

2.25 ± 0.16b

2.90 ± 0.09a

2.80 ± 0.01a

2.46 ± 0.04b

Creatinine

0.54 ± 0.07a

0.47 ± 0.04a

0.49 ± 0.06a

0.43 ± 0.01a

Glucose

14.42 ± 0.59a

11.67 ± 0.36b

12.33 ± 0.20b

12.03 ± 0.33b

Protease

20.26 ± 1.11c

26.57 ± 0.65b

26.78 ± 0.33b

29.99 ± 0.70a

Lipase

32.28 ± 0.92b

34.08 ± 0.63ab

34.23 ± 0.85ab

35.28 ± 0.36a

Amylase

14.62 ± 0.17b

16.43 ± 0.50a

16.04 ± 0.08a

16.70 ± 0.27a

Cholesterol

189.08 ± 2.76a

167.14 ± 3.91b

166.27 ± 5.77b

153.16 ± 6.73b

Triglyceride

159.09 ± 4.40a

149.76 ± 3.89ab

136.29 ± 2.68c

142.34 ± 1.27bc

Lysozyme activity (u/ml)

27.12 ± 0.30c

29.61 ± 0.38b

30.05 ± 0.20b

31.41 ± 0.51a

Phagocytic activity

31.92 ± 0.41c

33.82 ± 0.48ab

32.60 ± 0.35bc

35.06 ± 0.28a

  1. Superscript indicates the significance (P < 0.05) differences among the experimental diets