FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Ontogeny of the digestive enzyme activity of the Amazonian pimelodid catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau, 1855) BT AF Castro-Ruiz, Diana Mozanzadeh, Mansour Torfi Fernández-Méndez, Christian Andree, Karl B. García-Dávila, Carmen Cahu, Chantal Gisbert, Enric Darias, Maria J. AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:1;6:4;7:3;8:5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-PFOM;7:;8:; C1 Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Programa de Investigación para el Uso y Conservación del Agua y sus Recursos, Iquitos, Peru Department of Fisheries, South Iran Aquaculture Research Center, Marine Fish Aquaculture Research Station, Bandar Imam, Khomeyni, Khozestan, Iran Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA), Centre de Sant Carles de la Ràpita (IRTA-SCR), Unitat de Cultius Aqüícoles, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain IFREMER, UMR Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin, Plouzané, France MARBEC, IRD, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Montpellier, France C2 IIAP, PERU IFRO, IRAN IRTA, SPAIN IFREMER, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-RBE-PFOM UM LEMAR MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 3.224 TC 17 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00479/59082/61723.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Pseudoplatystoma punctifer;Ontogeny;Enzymatic activity;Digestive system;Brush border;Pancreatic enzymes;Gastric enzymes AB The aim of the study was to evaluate the functional ontogeny of the digestive system of Pseudoplatystoma punctifer through the analysis of the activity of the main intestinal (alkaline phosphatase, aminopeptidase N, maltase and leucine-alanine peptidase), pancreatic (trypsin, chymotrypsin, total alkaline proteases, bile-salt activated lipase and amylase) and gastric (pepsin) enzymes. Larvae were raised in triplicate in a recirculation system from 4 to 27 days post fertilization (dpf) at an initial density of 90 larvae L−1, 27.8 ± 0.7 °C and 0 L: 24D photoperiod. Larvae were fed from 4 to 17 dpf with Artemia nauplii and weaned onto an experimentally formulated feed (crude protein content ~ 45%; crude fat content ~ 10%; crude carbohydrate ~ 8%) within 3 days, then continued with the same diet until the end of the trial. P. punctifer showed an exponential growth pattern with two different growth rates: a slower one from hatching to 12 dpf followed by a faster one from 12 to 27 dpf. The specific and total activities of the pancreatic and intestinal enzymes were detected from hatching. The digestive system was functional at 12 dpf, indicating the transition from the larval to the juvenile stage (alkaline to acid digestion). Therefore individuals could be weaned from that day onwards. The variations observed in the enzymatic activity from 17 dpf reflected the adaptation of the enzymatic machinery to the new diet supplied. P. punctifer larvae showed a fast digestive system development with an enzymatic profile typical of a tropical and carnivorous species. PY 2019 PD APR SO Aquaculture SN 0044-8486 PU Elsevier BV VL 504 UT 000459962400026 BP 210 EP 218 DI 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.01.059 ID 59082 ER EF