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Table 6 Effects of dietary Hermetia illucens (HI) larva meal inclusion level on the histopathological scores of the broiler chickens (n = 16)

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

 

HI0

HI5

HI10

HI15

SEM

P-value

Spleen

1.08

1.17

1.33

0.83

0.09

0.259

Thymus

0.17

0.00

0.25

0.33

0.06

0.312

Bursa of Fabricius

1.08

0.75

0.75

0.75

0.09

0.430

Liver

0.92

0.50

0.92

0.33

0.11

0.174

Heart

No alterations

Kidney

No alterations

  1. Data are expressed as mean values of the scores attributed to the histopathological alterations (0 = absent/minimal; 1 = mild; 2 = severe)
  2. HI Hermetia illucens, SEM standard error of the mean