Insects as alternative feed for ruminants: comparison of protein evaluation methods

Table 4 In vitro intestinal digestibility of the non-degraded nitrogen in the rumen (IDNDN, g/g) of the 5 incubation substrates

	Incubation substrate
	Soybean meal	Tenebrio molitor	Zophobas morio	Alphitobius diaperinus	Acheta domesticus	SED^a	P-value
IDNDN	0.680^bc	0.782^a	0.703^b	0.640^c	0.728^b	0.018	< 0.001

^a-c Different superscripts indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) due to the effect of the incubation substrate
^aSED Standard error of the difference

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