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)