Black soldier fly defatted meal as a dietary protein source for broiler chickens: Effects on growth performance, blood traits, gut morphology and histological features

Table 3 Effect of the dietary HI larva meal inclusion level on the haematological and serum parameters of the broiler chickens (n = 16)

Items	Dietary treatments				SEM	P-value
Items	HI0	HI5	HI10	HI15	SEM	Linear	Quadratic
Erythrocyte, 10⁶ cell/μL	4.18	3.94	3.93	3.98	0.046	0.132	0.122
Leukocyte, 10³ cell/μL	13.70	13.55	13.77	14.32	0.246	0.344	0.492
H/L ratio	0.66	0.68	0.65	0.69	0.028	0.838	0.824
Urea, g/dL	34.88	39.53	42.59	36.30	1.980	0.712	0.177
Uric Acid, mg/dL	2.89	2.67	2.46	2.77	0.180	0.750	0.477
AST, IU/L	379.57	367.52	366.33	358.78	13.508	0.437	0.904
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.29	0.27	0.27	0.28	0.006	0.546	0.542
Triglycerides, mg/dL	105.25	94.70	97.82	84.32	3.541	0.057	0.826
Cholesterol, mg/dL	81.34	81.07	85.73	82.64	2.044	0.660	0.734
Calcium, mg/dL	8.77	7.56	8.43	8.42	0.209	0.947	0.155
Phosphorus, mg/dL	3.91	5.90	6.02	5.34	0.172	< 0.001	< 0.001
Magnesium, mEq/L	1.12	1.04	0.96	0.92	0.055	0.186	0.837
Iron, μg/dL	59.89	61.12	66.03	61.72	3.866	0.780	0.727
TAS, mmol/L	0.58	0.65	0.79	0.78	0.044	0.054	0.679
GPx, U/g Hb	88.68	107.27	155.52	178.14	11.978	0.002	0.884

HI Hermetia illucens, SEM standard error of the mean, H/L, heterophiles to lymphocytes ratio, AST aspartate amino transferase, TAS Total antioxidant status, GPx glutathione peroxidase, Hb haemoglobin

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