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Table 3 Growth performance of rabbits fed the experimental diets (n = 40 rabbits/group)

From: Effect of dietary supplementation with insect fats on growth performance, digestive efficiency and health of rabbits

Items

Experimental diets

SEM

P-value

C

H50

H100

T50

T100

Number of rabbits

40

40

40

39

38

  

Initial live weight, g

1039

1059

1068

1030

1057

9.7

0.74

Final live weight, g

2907

2859

2880

2811

2917

21.3

0.54

ADG, g/d

45.6

43.9

44.2

43.5

45.1

0.43

0.53

ADFI, g/d

154

149

153

149

154

1.2

0.55

FCR

3.40

3.44

3.52

3.45

3.41

0.02

0.38

Mortality, %

0

0

0

2.5

5.0

–

0.99

Morbidity, %

27.5

22.5

27.5

25.0

22.5

–

0.86

  1. C control diet, H50 and H100 diets with Hermetia illucens fat, T50 and T100 diets with Tenebrio molitor fat, SEM standard error of the means, ADG, daily weight gain, ADFI daily feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio