Table 14. Digestibility (%) of different feeds and feed ingredients by Fenneropenaeus indicus, Penaeus monodon, Litopenaeus vannamei and P. Japonicus
Item	Gross energy digestibility	Apparent organic matter digestibility	Apparent carbohydrate digestibility	Apparent digestibility of crude protein	Apparent lipid digestibility	Apparent dry matter digestibility	Species
Feed1	83.87�87.63	78.51�82.36	79.42�87.67	85.02�85.92	95.26�97.51	76.98�87.74	F. indicus
Soybean meal1	81.52	70.56	72.05	85.56	93.07	76.63	F. indicus
Feed (35.43 Protein, 5.24 lipid)2	80.79	�	�	80.2	80.53	69.21	F. indicus
Feed (42.83 Protein, 5.53 lipid)2	79.55	�	�	87.47	85.11	64.55	F. indicus
Feed (42.42 Protein, 5.14 Lipid)2	92.66	�	�	95.58	87.28	74.87	F. indicus
Feed3			75.8	90.1	�	63.6	P. japonicus
Feed3			63.4	90.4	75.5	60.1	P. monodon
Feed3			73.5	91.6	70.4	61.2	P. vannamei
1Nik Khah, et al. (2000)
2Sara (2006)
3Akiyama (1989)