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Table 5 Larva consumption time by the Muscovy ducks

From: Does the provision of live black soldier fly and yellow mealworm larvae improve Muscovy duck welfare?

Item

Treatment (T)

Days of age, d

SEM

P-value

BSF

YM

7–11

14–18

21–25

28–32

35–39

42–46

49–53

T

d

T

d

T × d

Larva consumption times

176

184

541a

180b

125d

135c

145c

142bcd

180b

11.7

15.7

0.626

<0.001

<0.001

  1. BSF Black soldier fly, YM Yellow mealworm, SEM Standard error of the mean
  2. a–dMeans with superscript letters denote significant differences (P < 0.001)