“…Proventriculus extract only was used for assaying pepsin activity (EC 3.4.23.1) while three intestinal extracts were used to assay the activities of trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4), chymotrypsin (EC 3.4.21.1), αamylase (EC 3.2.1.1), cellulase (EC 3.1.1.4) and lipase (EC 3.1.1.3). All analyses were conducted at 37°C with a preferred pH as described in previous reports (Gabriel, Mallet, & Leconte, 2003;Ghalehkandi et al, 2011;Jang, Ko, Kang, & Lee, 2007;Mahmood, Khan, Sarwar, & Nisa, 2008;Shin, Han, Ji, Kim, & Lee, 2008). The pepsin activity was assayed using casein as a substrate, according to the method of Rungruangsak and Utne (1981).…”