Apparent digestibility of differently processed grain legumes, cow pea and mung bean in black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon Fabricius and associated histological anomalies in hepatopancreas and midgut

• Published in: Animal feed science and technology 2007-01, Vol.132 (3), p.250-266
• Main Authors: Kumaraguru Vasagam, K.P., Balasubramanian, T., Venkatesan, R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: ANFs; Animal productions; Autoclaving; Biological and medical sciences; Dehulling; Digestibility; Feed and pet food industries; Food industries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Germination; Histology; Penaeus monodon; Plant feedstuffs; Soaking; Terrestrial animal productions; Vertebrates
• ISSN: 0377-8401; 1873-2216
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.03.022

Experiments were conducted to test the effect different treatment process like dehulling, soaking, autoclaving, germination and germination in combination with autoclaving on proximate composition and antinutritional factors (ANFs) of legume seeds, cow pea and mung bean. An in vivo digestibility trial was conducted in black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon to determine the coefficient of total tract apparent digestibility (CTTAD) of differently processed legume seeds. The CTTADs were determined by comparing the concentrations of digestibility marker (Cr 2O 3) in the feed and faeces of the juvenile shrimp (4 ± 0.5 g). Seeds processed by germination in combination with autoclaving were low in ANFs and higher in proximate composition with increased protein contents of 18.3 and 15.6% in cow pea and mung bean, respectively. Though trypsin inhibitor activity was significantly (P