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 5 Effects of dietary BSF larva meal inclusion on serum protein electrophoresis of the piglets (n = 12, end of the trial)

Items	Dietary treatments			SEM	P-value
Items	BSF0	BSF5	BSF10	SEM	Linear	Quadratic
Albumin, %	45.73	46.41	47.50	0.372	0.056	0.789
Albumin, g/dL	3.07	2.79	2.84	0.092	0.335	0.398
Alpha globulin, %	25.00	25.63	25.01	0.280	0.988	0.307
Alpha globulin, g/dL	1.67	1.55	1.50	0.054	0.209	0.746
Beta globulin, %	17.02	16.43	16.41	0.186	0.198	0.467
Beta globulin, g/dL	1.13	0.99	0.98	0.033	0.080	0.307
Gamma globulin, %	12.26	11.53	11.08	0.381	0.227	0.868
Gamma globulin, g/dL	0.80	0.70	0.66	0.034	0.106	0.673

BSF black soldier fly; SEM standard error of the Smean; 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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