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Table 2 Effect of the dietary HI larva meal inclusion on the growth performance of female ducks (n = 6)

From: Nutritional effects of the dietary inclusion of partially defatted Hermetia illucens larva meal in Muscovy duck

Items

Age

Dietary treatmentsa

SEM

P-value

HI0

HI3

HI6

HI9

Linear

Quadratic

LW, g

3 d

70.70

70.41

72.65

71.51

0.60

0.405

0.733

17 d

575.44

567.31

572.56

575.74

4.76

0.893

0.582

38 d

1906.79

1861.96

1797.10

1900.12

14.18

0.426

0.005

50 d

2540.57

2511.14

2456.14

2554.84

20.13

0.946

0.123

ADG, g/d

3–17 d

36.05

35.49

35.71

36.02

0.32

0.974

0.529

18–38 d

63.40

61.65

58.31

63.07

0.69

0.417

0.011

39–50 d

52.81

54.10

54.92

54.56

1.14

0.582

0.738

3–50 d

52.55

51.93

50.71

52.84

0.43

0.926

0.125

DFI, g/d

3–17 d

53.69

53.45

52.16

51.85

0.59

0.226

0.979

18–38 d

142.03

139.06

136.99

139.92

1.28

0.481

0.273

39–50 d

167.48

170.82

160.32

171.80

2.83

0.924

0.485

3–50 d

120.58

121.32

117.58

121.48

1.20

0.927

0.530

FCR, g/g

3–17 d

1.49

1.51

1.46

1.44

0.01

0.099

0.489

18–38 d

2.24

2.26

2.35

2.22

0.03

0.913

0.159

39–50 d

3.17

3.17

2.93

3.18

0.051

0.639

0.220

3–50 d

2.29

2.34

2.32

2.30

0.019

0.925

0.406

  1. HI Hermetia illucens, SEM standard error of the mean, LW live weight, ADG average daily gain, DFI daily feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio
  2. aFour dietary treatments: HI0 = control; HI3 = 3% inclusion level of Hermetia illucens; HI6 = 6% inclusion level of Hermetia illucens; HI9 = 9% inclusion level of Hermetia illucens