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Table 8 Excreta corticosterone metabolite (ECM) (pg/g) concentration of the Muscovy ducks fed live BSF and YM larvae provided at the 5% of the expected ADFI

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

Time

Dietary treatment1

SEM

P-value

C

BSF

YM

T0

2,605

2,426

2,686

61.5

0.214

T1

3,013

3,385

3,864

17

0.132

T2

3,907a

3,020b

2,372b

199

0.001

  1. ADFI Average daily feed intake, C Control, BSF Black soldier fly, YM Yellow mealworm, SEM Standard error of the mean, T0 3 days old, T1 31 days old, T2 55 days old
  2. 1Three dietary treatments: C: control, commercial feed; BSF: commercial feed + 5% live BSF larvae; YM: commercial feed + 5% live YM larvae
  3. a,bMeans with superscript letters denote significant differences among treatments (P < 0.05)
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891