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

Table 3 Effects of dietary BSF larva meal inclusion on nutrient digestibility in the piglets (n = 4, end of both feeding phases)

Items		Dietary treatments			SEM	P-value
Items		BSF0	BSF5	BSF10	SEM	Linear	Quadratic
DM	Phase I	0.960	0.955	0.959	0.003	0.924	0.503
DM	Phase II	0.958	0.954	0.958	0.003	0.926	0.534
OM	Phase I	0.965	0.960	0.964	0.003	0.857	0.524
OM	Phase II	0.964	0.960	0.964	0.003	0.913	0.518
CP	Phase I	0.803	0.808	0.828	0.012	0.443	0.805
CP	Phase II	0.766	0.777	0.795	0.015	0.466	0.916
EE	Phase I	0.811	0.857	0.856	0.014	0.220	0.442
EE	Phase II	0.853	0.828	0.865	0.012	0.716	0.291

BSF black soldier fly; DM dry matter; OM organic matter; CP crude protein; EE ether extract; SEM standard error of the mean; BSF0 = control diet; BSF5 = 5% inclusion level 5% inclusion level of black soldier fly meal; BSF10 = 10% inclusion level of black soldier fly meal

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