Table 14. Digestibility of feeds by Fenneropenaeus indicus, Penaeus monodon, Litopenaeus vannamei and P. japonicus.
Item	Gross energy digestibility	Apparent organic matter digestibility	Apparent carbohydrate (NFE) digestibility	Apparent digestibility of crude protein	Apparent lipid digestibility	Apparent dry matter digestibility	Species
1Feed	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
1Soybean meal	81.52	70.56	72.05	85.56	93.07	76.63	F. indicus
2Feed (35.43 Ptn, 5.24 lipid)	80.79	�	�	80.2	80.53	69.21	F. indicus
2Feed (42.83 Ptn, 5.53 lipid)	79.55	�	�	87.47	85.11	64.55	F. indicus
2Feed (42.42 Ptn, 5.14 Lipid)	92.66	�	�	95.58	87.28	74.87	F. indicus
3Feed			75.8	90.1	�	63.6	P. japonicus
3Feed			63.4	90.4	75.5	60.1	P. monodon
3Feed			73.5	91.6	70.4	61.2	P. vannamei
1Nik Khah et al. (2000)
2Sara (2007)
3Akiyama (1989)�