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

Table 3 Effect of the dietary inclusion of HI larva meal on the nutrients apparent digestibility of Muscovy ducks (n = 6)

Age	Apparent digestibility	Dietary treatments^a				SEM	P -value
Age	Apparent digestibility	HI0	HI3	HI6	HI9	SEM	Linear	Quadratic
3–17 d	DM	0.960	0.960	0.960	0.953	0.002	0.174	0.315
	CP	0.852	0.872	0.828	0.817	0.007	0.010	0.195
	EE	0.945	0.967	0.963	0.962	0.002	0.003	0.085
	OM	0.963	0.963	0.966	0.962	0.001	0.853	0.453
18–38 d	DM	0.953	0.956	0.962	0.960	0.002	0.086	0.511
	CP	0.800	0.802	0.802	0.828	0.005	0.085	0.269
	EE	0.958	0.966	0.968	0.977	0.002	< 0.001	0.891
	OM	0.958	0.964	0.967	0.963	0.001	0.215	0.168
39–50 d	DM	0.943	0.948	0.952	0.953	0.002	0.099	0.703
	CP	0.733	0.682	0.715	0.718	0.012	0.913	0.259
	EE	0.953	0.958	0.965	0.983	0.003	< 0.001	0.092
	OM	0.950	0.953	0.958	0.958	0.002	0.072	0.642

HI Hermetia illucens, SEM standard error of the mean, DM dry matter, CP crude protein, EE ether extract
^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

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