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. 2023 Dec 4;14:153. doi: 10.1186/s40104-023-00949-7

Table 7.

Behavioral observations of point events (frequency % of total hour of observation) in Muscovy ducks fed live BSF and YM larvae provided at 5% of the expected ADFI

Behavior category Behavior Treatment1(T) Period (P) Week (W) SEM P-value
C BSF YM P1 P2 P3 W
1–3
W
4–6
T P W T P W P × T W × T W × P T × P × W
Feather caring Shake 0.520 0.555 0.609 0.551 0.547 0.583 0.461β 0.681α 0.036 0.036 0.030 0.226 0.750 < 0.001 0.186 0.026 0.623 0.092
Stretch 0.079 0.101 0.091 0.098 0.081 0.092 0.090 0.091 0.008 0.008 0.007 0.171 0.322 0.908 0.011 0.194 < 0.001 0.113
Flap wings 0.072 0.061 0.075 0.065 0.078 0.066 0.067 0.072 0.006 0.006 0.005 0.190 0.231 0.482 0.010 0.774 0.133 0.792
Aggressive Attack 0.066 0.073 0.061 0.081 0.053 0.066 0.067 0.066 0.011 0.010 0.009 0.672 0.140 0.831 0.299 0.523 0.779 0.006

ADFI Average daily feed intake, SEM Standard error of the mean, C Control, BSF Black soldier fly, YM Yellow mealworm, P1 The hour before insect larva provision, P2 The hour during insect larva provision, P3 The hour after insect larva provision

1Three dietary treatments: C: control, commercial feed; BSF: commercial feed + 5% live BSF larvae; YM: commercial feed + 5% live YM larvae

α,βMeans with Greek alphabet superscript letters denote significant differences between week intervals (P < 0.05)