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Table 10 Effect of the dietary inclusion of BSF meal on histopathological alterations of liver and gut of rainbow trout (n = 8)

From: Dietary inclusion of a partially defatted black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larva meal in low fishmeal-based diets for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

 

BSF0

BSF3

BSF6

BSF9

BSF12

BSF15

P-value

Liver

 Inflammation, median (IR)

0.5

(0.0–1.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.4)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–1.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.057

 Degeneration, median (IR)

0.0

(0.0–0.4)

0.0

(0.0–0.5)

0.25

(0.0–1.0)

1.25

(0.5–1.9)

0.25

(0.0–1.0)

0.0

(0.0–1.0)

0.071

Gut

 Anterior, median (IR)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.5)

0.0

(0.0–0.9)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.8)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.180

 Posterior, median (IR)

0.0

(0.0–0.8)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.345

  1. Abbreviations: BSF Hermetia illucens, IR interquartile range