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Table 1 Ingredients, proximate composition and net energy of the BSF larva meal and experimental diets

From: Partially defatted black soldier fly larva meal inclusion in piglet diets: effects on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood profile, gut morphology and histological features

Items 

BSF larva meal

Phase I (1–23 d)

Phase II (24–61 d)

BSF0

BSF5

BSF10

BSF0

BSF5

BSF10

Ingredients, g/kg as fed

 Corn meal

–

317.9

332.7

347.3

378.0

392.9

407.4

 Barley meal

–

220.0

220.0

220.0

220.0

220.0

220.0

 Soybean meal

–

200.0

140.0

80.0

185.0

125.0

65.0

 Dried wheya

–

140.0

140.0

140.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 Wheat meal

–

60.0

60.0

60.0

60.0

60.0

60.0

 Soybean oil

–

25.0

21.0

17.0

20.0

16.0

12.0

 BSF mealb

–

0.0

50.0

100.0

0.0

50.0

100.0

 Calcium carbonate

–

6.0

7.5

8.0

7.0

8.5

10.0

 L-lysine

–

6.5

7.1

7.6

5.5

6.0

6.6

 Titanium oxide

–

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

 Premix pigletsc

–

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

 Dicalcium phosphate

–

5.0

3.0

0.0

6.0

3.0

0.0

 DL-methionine

–

3.0

3.0

3.2

2.4

2.4

2.6

 Salt

–

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

 L-threonine

–

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.0

2.1

2.3

 L-tryptophan

–

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

 Pig aroma

–

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

Proximate composition, g/kg as fedd

 DM

947.4

899.8

903.1

906.4

894.0

897.3

900.7

 Ash

76.7

47.2

46.4

45.5

46.1

45.3

44.6

 CP

559.0

178.8

178.9

179.0

170.4

170.4

170.6

 EE

85.0

73.5

73.4

73.3

61.9

61.8

61.7

 Starch

–

346.8

354.3

361.7

384.2

391.8

399.1

 NDF

192.3

109.8

115.2

120.7

114.2

119.6

125.1

 ADF

87.0

40.5

42.1

43.6

41.4

43.0

44.5

 Chitin

53.4

–

–

–

–

–

–

 NE, MJ/kg

–

10.6

10.6

10.6

10.4

10.3

10.3

 Calcium

8.2

5.1

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.6

5.6

 Phosphorus

13.1

5.1

4.9

4.9

5.1

4.9

4.7

 Magnesium

4.5

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.8

 Sodium

1.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

1.8

1.8

1.9

 Potassium

18.7

10.1

9.6

9.1

9.2

8.7

8.2

 Chlorine

4.3

5.2

5.5

5.8

4.5

4.8

5.1

 Manganese, mg/kg

203.0

66.8

75.2

83.5

66.8

75.1

83.5

 Zinc, mg/kg

172.0

128.6

134.1

139.7

129.2

134.6

140.1

 Iron, mg/kg

154.0

184.7

178.4

174.1

186.6

180.3

174.0

Essential amino acids, g/kg as fedd

 Methionine

7.3

5.5

5.5

5.7

4.9

4.8

5.0

 Methione + Cysteine

12.0

8.4

8.2

8.3

7.7

7.5

7.5

 Lysine

26.6

14.0

14.0

13.9

12.6

12.5

12.5

 Threonine

20.1

9.0

9.0

9.1

8.2

8.2

8.2

 Arginine

25.6

10.3

9.4

8.6

9.9

9.0

8.2

 Valine

21.9

8.0

8.1

8.2

7.6

7.8

7.9

 Tryptophan

34.8

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

 Isoleucine

30.2

7.1

6.8

6.6

6.7

6.5

6.2

 Leucine

14.4

13.7

13.2

12.7

13.3

12.8

12.4

 Histidine

31.3

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.0

 Phenylalanine

7.3

8.2

8.2

8.3

7.9

7.9

8.0

  1. BSF black soldier fly; DM dry matter; CP crude protein; EE ether extract; NDF neutral detergent fiber; ADF acid detergent fiber; NE net energy; BSF0 = control diet; BSF5 = 5% inclusion level of black soldier fly meal; BSF10 = 10% inclusion level of black soldier fly meal
  2. aAdded with 20% of coconut oil
  3. bBlack soldier fly larva meal purchased from Hermetia Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (Baruth / Mark, Germany)
  4. cPremix: 16,000 IU vitamin A; 2,000 IU vitamin D3; 75.0 mg vitamin E; 2.94 mg vitamin K3; 3.0 mg vitamin B1; 6.0 mg vitamin B2; 4.0 mg vitamin B6; 0.05 mg vitamin B12; 98 mg vitamin C; 21.0 mg pantothenic acid; 40.0 mg vitamin PP; 1.20 mg folic acid; 0.25 mg biotin; 1,500 IU 6-phytase; 700 IU xylanase; 312.5 IU glucanase; 145.68 mg copper; 0.05 mg cobalt; 0.44 mg selenium
  5. dValues are reported as mean of duplicate analyses
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