Nutritional value of a partially defatted and a highly defatted black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens L.) meal for broiler chickens: apparent nutrient digestibility, apparent metabolizable energy and apparent ileal amino acid digestibility

Table 2 Analyzed chemical composition of the two BSF meals and of the three experimental diets

Items	BSFp meal	BSFh meal	Basal diet	BSFp diet	BSFh diet
Dry matter, g/kg diet	942	985	889	897	906
Organic matter, g/kg DM	901	907	814	817	824
Crude protein, g/kg DM	553	655	246	343	374
Ether extract, g/kg DM	180	46	71	103	72
Gross energy, MJ/kg DM	24.4	21.2	18.7	20.0	19.4
Chitin, g/kg DM	50	69	-	17	21

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