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 4 Effects of dietary BSF larva meal inclusion on haematochemical parameters of the piglets (n = 12, end of the trial)

Items	Dietary treatments			SEM	P-value
Items	BSF0	BSF5	BSF10	SEM	Linear	Quadratic
White blood cells, 10⁶/mm³	13.10	14.99	14.85	0.869	0.435	0.591
Lymphocytes, %	55.73	50.13	60.24	2.167	0.368 0.033	0.086 0.305
Monocytes, %	3.92	4.00	4.78	0.167	0.368 0.033	0.086 0.305
Neutrophils, %	36.16	41.72	26.12	2.485	0.076	0.035
Eosinophils, %	3.81	3.78	8.39	0.801	0.078	0.299
Basophils, %	0.382	0.383	0.30	0.041	0.421	0.630
Red blood cells, 10⁶/mm³	7.57	7.69	7.89	0.306	0.681	0.953
MCV, fL	57.35	57.23	57.40	0.354	0.948	0.849
Haematocrit, %	43.43	43.91	45.47	1.812	0.658	0.892
MCH, pg	18.17	18.76	19.35	0.366	0.204	0.997
MCHC, g/dL	31.78	32.90	33.90	0.687	0.224	0.968
RDW, fL	14.13	14.15	14.15	0.159	0.956	0.974
Haemoglobin, g/dL	13.81	14.39	14.77	0.562	0.506	0.932
Platelets, 10⁶/mm³	197.18	195.00	181.42	11.946	0.602	0.827
MPV, fL	11.98	11.74	12.10	0.081	0.518	0.081
Procalcitonin, %	0.24	0.23	0.22	0.015	0.598	0.978
PDW, fL	8.56	8.14	7.81	0.323	0.366	0.955
GOT, IU/L	111.21	126.78	143.31	12.808	0.324	0.986
GPT, IU/L	59.73	63.15	55.38	2.068	0.380	0.206
ALP, IU/L	28.52	31.19	60.49	5.952	0.082	0.880
GGT, IU/L	43.49	48.30	40.26	2.463	0.589	0.223
Total protein, g/dL	6.67	6.02	5.98	0.194	0.163	0.460
Phosphorus, mg/dL	14.65	17.10	14.94	0.966	0.929	0.272
Iron, μg/dL	118.39	146.99	130.32	8.975	0.617	0.242
Magnesium, mEq/L	1.65	2.09	1.93	0.116	0.335	0.230
Uric acid, mg/dL	1.66	3.03	2.71	0.576	0.481	0.502
Cholesterol, mg/dL	52.31	55.41	51.30	2.647	0.869	0.533
Triglycerides, mg/dL	58.93	47.94	55.28	4.444	0.764	0.342
Creatinine, mg/dL	1.44	1.68	1.61	0.058	0.242	0.212

BSF Black soldier fly; MCV mean corpuscular volume; MCH mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; RDW red blood cell distribution width; MPV mean platelet volume; PDW platelet distribution width; GOT glutamic oxaloacetic transaminasi; GPT glutamate-pyruvate transaminasi; ALP alkaline phosphatase; GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase; 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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