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Table 4 Apparent digestibility coefficients of the total tract (ATTDC) of the nutrients, AME and AMEn of the two BSF meals for broilers (n = 5)

From: 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

Items

BSFp meal

BSFh meal

SEM

P-value

Dry matter

0.63

0.59

0.010

0.092

Organic matter

0.69

0.64

0.012

0.057

Crude protein

0.62

0.62

0.019

0.834

Ether extract

0.98

0.93

0.951

0.008

Gross energy

0.61

0.50

0.021

0.012

AME, MJ/kg DM

16.25

11.55

0.811

0.008

AMEn, MJ/kg DM

14.87

9.87

0.860

0.008

  1. AME apparent metabolizable energy, AMEn N-corrected apparent metabolizable energy