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Table 4 Rabbit feed intake and apparent digestibility coefficients during the digestibility trial (n = 12 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

Feed intake, g/d

158

151

159

155

155

2.55

0.87

Dry matter, %

61.6

60.8

60.6

60.9

61.6

0.30

0.78

Organic matter, %

61.2

60.6

60.5

60.8

61.4

0.31

0.84

Crude protein, %

71.9

72.1

72.9

71.0

72.5

0.29

0.35

Ether extract, %

82.6

82.7

82.2

80.9

81.9

0.38

0.57

aNDF, %

33.5

32.0

32.2

32.0

30.2

0.50

0.44

Hemicelluloses, %

41.7

39.7

42.4

42.6

40.6

0.49

0.27

ADF, %

26.4

26.0

24.0

22.9

22.2

0.54

0.08

Energy, %

60.7

60.4

59.9

60.8

61.0

0.30

0.83

Nutritive value

 DP, g/kg

109.3

105.5

109.7

106.6

105.5

–

–

 DE, MJ/kg

10.0

10.1

9.9

10.2

10.2

–

–

 DP/DE ratio, g/MJ

10.9

10.5

11.1

10.5

10.4

–

–

  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, aNDF Neutral detergent fibre, ADF Acid detergent fibre, DP digestible protein, DE digestible energy; DP/DE ratio, digestible protein to digestible energy ratio