Table 4. In vitro ileal digestibility (IVID) of dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) and in vitro total tract digestibility (IVTTD) of DM and organic matter (OM) in fish meal, defatted black soldier fly larva (BSFL) meal, and adult flies1), Exp. 1

Item Fish meal Defatted BSFL meal Adult flies SEM p-value
Age (d) - 15 34
IVID of DM (%) 91.6a 81.2b 61.6c 0.4 < 0.001
IVID of CP (%) 92.2a 81.8b 67.2c 0.5 < 0.001
IVTTD of DM (%) 93.6a 82.6b 65.7c 0.3 < 0.001
IVTTD of OM (%) 91.5a 78.1b 63.2c 0.2 < 0.001
Each least squares mean represents 3 observations.
Means within a row without a common superscript letter differ (p < 0.05).