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Table 2 Effects of dietary BSF larva meal inclusion on growth performance of the piglets (n = 4)

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 

Dietary treatments

SEM

P-value

BSF0

BSF5

BSF10

Linear

Quadratic

BW, kg

Initial

6.10

6.09

6.09

0.005

0.620

0.621

End Phase I

12.06

12.00

12.34

0.191

0.576

0.643

End Phase II

31.88

32.23

33.06

0.457

0.708

0.587

WG, kg

Phase I

5.96

5.91

6.24

0.190

0.574

0.656

Phase II

19.81

20.23

20.72

0.498

0.399

0.894

Total

25.78

26.14

26.96

0.581

0.361

0.791

ADG, kg/d

Phase I

0.26

0.26

0.27

0.008

0.574

0.656

Phase II

0.52

0.53

0.55

0.013

0.399

0.894

Total

0.42

0.43

0.44

0.010

0.361

0.791

ADFI, kg/d

Phase I

0.35

0.37

0.38

0.012

0.420

0.944

Phase II

0.94

0.95

0.97

0.005

0.016

0.709

Total

0.72

0.73

0.75

0.006

0.069

0.922

FCR

Phase I

1.35

1.42

1.41

0.030

0.578

0.479

Phase II

1.81

1.79

1.76

0.038

0.718

0.976

Total

1.71

1.70

1.70

0.033

0.848

0.888

  1. BSF black soldier fly; BW body weight; WG weight gain; ADG average daily gain; ADFI average daily feed intake; FCR feed conversion ratio; SEM standard error of the mean; BSF0 = control diet; BSF5 = 5% inclusion level of black soldier fly meal; BSF10 = 10% inclusion level of black soldier fly meal