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Table 7 Effects of lipid sources on the histopathological scores of rabbits (n = 15 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

Liver

 Inflammation score

1.21

1.21

0.88

0.67

0.79

0.11

0.42

 Degeneration score

1.46

1.79

1.33

1.17

1.64

0.12

0.35

Kidney

 Inflammation score

0.64

0.79

0.67

0.50

0.57

0.11

0.91

 Degeneration score

Absence of degenerative changes

Spleen

 White pulp hyperplasia

0.14

0.14

0.00

0.00

0.14

0.05

0.79

 White pulp depletion

0.29

0.14

0.00

0.17

0.29

0.07

0.71

  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