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

Table 8.

Excreta corticosterone metabolite (ECM) (pg/g) concentration of the Muscovy ducks fed live BSF and YM larvae provided at the 5% of the expected ADFI

Time Dietary treatment1 SEM P-value
C BSF YM
T0 2,605 2,426 2,686 61.5 0.214
T1 3,013 3,385 3,864 17 0.132
T2 3,907a 3,020b 2,372b 199 0.001

ADFI Average daily feed intake, C Control, BSF Black soldier fly, YM Yellow mealworm, SEM Standard error of the mean, T0 3 days old, T1 31 days old, T2 55 days old

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

a,bMeans with superscript letters denote significant differences among treatments (P < 0.05)