Table 4. Nutrient digestibility of cat diets with BSFL reared on different organic substrates (Exp 2)
Item (%) | CON1) | AF3 | AF6 | PF3 | PF6 | SE | p-value |
DM | 83.29 | 86.91 | 86.81 | 86.17 | 85.82 | 1.198 | 0.186 |
CP | 87.31b | 90.24a | 89.52ab | 88.96ab | 89.15ab | 0.651 | 0.049 |
EE | 93.51b | 95.14a | 94.82a | 94.95a | 94.74a | 0.264 | 0.002 |
GE | 81.29 | 82.83 | 83.60 | 81.22 | 80.18 | 1.164 | 0.268 |
CON, basal diet; AF3, 3% BSFL reared on animal-based substrate substituting with poultry meal; AF6, 6% BSFL reared on animal-based substrate substituting with poultry meal; PF3, 3% BSFL reared on plant-based substrate substituting with poultry meal; PF6, 6% BSFL reared on plant-based substrate substituting with poultry meal.
Means within columns with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).
BSFL, black soldier fly larvae; DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; GE, gross energy.