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. 2023 Jul 3;14:425–449. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2023.06.006

Table 11.

Effects of BSFLM on body and muscle color of fish1.

Item Diets
 P-value
SM BSFLM15 BSFLM30 BSFLM45 BSFLM60 BSFLM75 BSFLM100
Dorsal
L∗ 25.21 ± 1.67 23.14 ± 1.56 24.78 ± 2.60 23.67 ± 0.86 23.35 ± 2.00 26.31 ± 1.38 25.22 ± 2.19 0.35
a∗ −1.66 ± 0.29d −1.06 ± 0.11bc −1.41 ± 0.27cd −0.90 ± 0.32ab −1.00 ± 0.33bc −0.61 ± 0.05ab −0.51 ± 0.16a 0.00
b∗ 7.74 ± 0.77 7.23 ± 1.43 7.10 ± 0.58 7.52 ± 0.31 7.67 ± 0.29 8.06 ± 0.69 8.25 ± 0.84 0.56
C∗ 7.86 ± 0.80 7.31 ± 1.41 7.21 ± 0.55 7.59 ± 0.29 7.74 ± 0.26 8.10 ± 0.67 8.27 ± 0.80 0.62
Lateral line
L∗ 60.79 ± 1.75 58.35 ± 1.21 61.01 ± 1.42 60.19 ± 2.64 59.31 ± 2.13 59.81 ± 0.87 59.70 ± 1.44 0.56
a∗ 0.78 ± 0.17bc 1.13 ± 0.23b 0.74 ± 0.16c 0.92 ± 0.22bc 1.13 ± 0.15b 1.59 ± 0.13a 1.54 ± 0.26a 0.00
b∗ 13.25 ± 0.51 14.08 ± 0.76 13.65 ± 1.62 13.93 ± 0.26 14.51 ± 0.96 13.63 ± 1.08 14.18 ± 1.19 0.78
C∗ 13.28 ± 0.48 14.14 ± 0.75 13.78 ± 1.48 13.94 ± 0.31 14.59 ± 0.94 13.71 ± 1.12 14.24 ± 1.18 0.75
Ventral
L∗ 77.82 ± 1.94 76.77 ± 1.00 76.74 ± 0.25 77.35 ± 1.53 76.14 ± 1.02 77.39 ± 1.14 75.47 ± 0.29 0.28
a∗ −0.70 ± 0.20b −0.41 ± 0.11b −0.60 ± 0.05b −0.66 ± 0.31b −0.36 ± 0.19b −0.33 ± 0.37b 0.57 ± 0.08a 0.00
b∗ 12.21 ± 0.31b 13.39 ± 0.37ab 12.85 ± 0.75ab 12.31 ± 0.40b 13.62 ± 0.70a 13.08 ± 1.29ab 13.80 ± 0.19a 0.04
C∗ 12.18 ± 0.38b 13.45 ± 0.34ab 12.88 ± 0.77ab 12.34 ± 0.39b 13.66 ± 0.74a 13.09 ± 1.28ab 13.85 ± 0.21a 0.04
Muscle
L∗ 39.40 ± 0.55 39.75 ± 0.17 39.15 ± 1.17 39.32 ± 0.62 39.66 ± 1.49 39.74 ± 0.04 39.37 ± 1.62 0.98
a∗ −3.89 ± 0.13ab −3.77 ± 0.08ab −3.63 ± 0.13a −3.77 ± 0.13ab −3.81 ± 0.12ab −4.05 ± 0.20b −4.03 ± 0.22b 0.04
b∗ −1.59 ± 0.28c −1.09 ± 0.33b −0.74 ± 0.08ab −0.64 ± 0.17a −0.55 ± 0.31a −0.78 ± 0.22ab −0.41 ± 0.05a 0.00
C∗ 4.14 ± 0.30 3.65 ± 0.57 3.83 ± 0.34 4.01 ± 0.35 3.89 ± 0.05 4.13 ± 0.10 4.06 ± 0.21 0.50

BSFLM = black soldier fly larvae meal; SM = soybean meal; L∗ = luminance value; a∗ = red value; b∗ = yellow value; C∗ = chroma value.

1

Values are mean ± SD (n = 3). Values with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05) from each other.