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

Table 5.

Effects of BSFLM on the growth, feed utilization and biological indices of fish¹.

Item	Diets							P-value
Item	SM	BSFLM15	BSFLM30	BSFLM45	BSFLM60	BSFLM75	BSFLM100	P-value
IBW, g	299.78 ± 0.49	299.73 ± 0.88	299.95 ± 0.68	300.58 ± 1.46	299.25 ± 0.87	299.80 ± 0.97	300.42 ± 0.38	0.88
FBW, g	712.29 ± 17.67^a	706.99 ± 6.68^a	726.38 ± 33.89^a	729.41 ± 14.71^a	696.08 ± 6.12^a	663.91 ± 16.65^b	647.06 ± 17.89^b	0.00
FI, g	669.51 ± 31.46	667.38 ± 21.84	662.51 ± 15.61	685.04 ± 7.35	669.50 ± 7.73	659.42 ± 6.97	656.22 ± 11.98	0.51
FCR	1.62 ± 0.09^bc	1.64 ± 0.04^bc	1.56 ± 0.06^c	1.60 ± 0.06^bc	1.69 ± 0.03^b	1.81 ± 0.07^a	1.90 ± 0.06^a	0.00
WG, g	412.50 ± 17.65^a	407.26 ± 5.80^a	426.43 ± 33.97^a	428.83 ± 15.03^a	396.83 ± 6.97^a	364.11 ± 17.44^b	346.64 ± 17.79^b	0.00
WGR, %	137.60 ± 5.89^a	135.87 ± 1.54^a	142.17 ± 11.41^a	142.67 ± 5.24^a	132.61 ± 2.71^a	121.46 ± 6.16^b	115.39 ± 5.89^b	0.00
SGR, %/d	1.07 ± 0.03^a	1.06 ± 0.01^a	1.09 ± 0.06^a	1.09 ± 0.03^a	1.04 ± 0.01^a	0.98 ± 0.03^b	0.95 ± 0.03^b	0.00
CF, g/cm³	2.07 ± 0.10	2.05 ± 0.02	2.08 ± 0.04	2.04 ± 0.03	2.12 ± 0.04	2.03 ± 0.19	2.08 ± 0.08	0.89
VSI, %	8.16 ± 0.34	8.73 ± 0.57	8.69 ± 0.48	8.65 ± 0.09	8.61 ± 0.45	8.85 ± 0.06	8.56 ± 0.74	0.65
HSI, %	2.62 ± 0.26^b	2.97 ± 0.09^ab	2.92 ± 0.27^ab	2.85 ± 0.22^ab	3.08 ± 0.18^a	3.01 ± 0.19^a	3.00 ± 0.09^a	0.04
IFI, %	2.02 ± 0.51	2.17 ± 0.40	2.17 ± 0.45	1.89 ± 0.25	2.15 ± 0.06	2.15 ± 0.40	2.38 ± 0.30	0.78
KI, %	0.42 ± 0.04	0.44 ± 0.02	0.44 ± 0.03	0.48 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.06	0.41 ± 0.02	0.46 ± 0.03	0.33
SI, %	0.21 ± 0.02	0.24 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.05	0.21 ± 0.02	0.45
PER, %	199.94 ± 6.95^a	195.78 ± 5.95^a	197.43 ± 10.40^a	202.75 ± 6.17^a	194.6 ± 1.76^a	180.44 ± 8.84^b	173.77 ± 4.53^b	0.00
PRE, %	37.07 ± 1.71^a	36.97 ± 0.61^a	37.99 ± 1.34^a	38.11 ± 1.49^a	36.09 ± 0.17^a	33.18 ± 0.68^b	32.81 ± 1.09^b	0.00

BSFLM = black soldier fly larvae meal; SM = soybean meal; IBW = initial body weight; FBW = final body weight; FI = feed intake; FCR = feed conversion ratio; WG = weight gain; WGR = weight gain rate; SGR = specific growth rate; CF = condition factor; VSI = viscera index; HSI = hepatosomatic index; IFI = intraperitoneal fat index; KI = kidney index; SI = spleen index; PER = protein efficiency ratio; PRE = protein retention efficiency.

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