Table 3. Effects of protein sources on apparent ileal digestibility in pigs

Item (%)	FM	BSFM	BSFE	SEM	p-value
CP digestibility	73.81^a	71.60^b	72.16^ab	0.52	0.001
Essential amino acid digestibility
Arginine	84.11^a	78.23^b	79.64^b	1.16	0.001
Histidine	80.89^a	76.50^b	77.37^b	1.27	0.020
Isoleucine	82.46^a	77.40^b	79.41^ab	1.29	0.001
Leucine	80.19^a	75.18^b	76.26^b	0.86	< 0.001
Lysine	79.88	77.34	78.57	1.52	0.212
Methionine	82.50	81.55	81.60	2.16	0.766
Phenylalanine	80.87^a	74.70^b	76.58^ab	2.29	0.037
Threonine	78.93^a	74.31^b	75.47^b	1.28	0.031
Tryptophan	76.92	76.36	77.55	1.72	0.854
Valine	78.35	78.09	76.19	1.26	0.119
Average	80.51	76.97	77.86	1.83	0.413
Non-essential amino acid digestibility
Alanine	76.63	75.00	77.01	0.80	0.054
Aspartic acid	69.83	68.50	69.59	1.24	0.536
Cystine	62.54	59.38	61.42	2.59	0.483
Glutamic acid	79.05	75.16	78.61	1.65	0.064
Glycine	45.83	37.21	43.80	8.64	0.592
Proline	32.61	30.16	32.79	6.37	0.900
Serine	75.00	73.33	73.13	1.90	0.568
Tyrosine	74.29	69.90	70.52	2.44	0.184
Average	64.47	61.08	63.36	1.27	0.233

Means different superscript letters indicate significant differences (p <0.05).
FM, fish meal; BSFM, black soldier fly meal; BSFE, expanded black soldier fly; CP, crude protein.