Table 5.
Effect of substituting SBM with YMM on body composition (%) of grass carp after 8 weeks1.
| Item | Groups |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBM | H25 | H50 | H75 | H100 | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | |
| Crude protein | 17.63 ± 0.414a | 19.44 ± 0.311b | 19.43 ± 0.220b | 20.1 ± 0.578b | 19.45 ± 0807b | 0.029 | <0.001 | 0.086 |
| Crude fat | 8.27 ± 0.496b | 5.54 ± 0.370a | 5.78 ± 0.393a | 5.97 ± 0.374a | 7.86 ± 0.411b | 0.001 | 0.445 | 0.011 |
| Ash | 3.95 ± 0.260 | 3.36 ± 0.122 | 4.51 ± 0.069 | 4.39 ± 0.114 | 3.44 ± 1.786 | 0.440 | 0.177 | 0.144 |
| Moisture | 68.61 ± 0.165a | 70.99 ± 0.152b | 70.29 ± 0.261b | 70.52 ± 0.212b | 69.98 ± 0.795b | 0.017 | 0.178 | 0.019 |
YMM = yellow mealworm meal; SBM = soybean meal.
Different superscripts were used to show statistical differences at P < 0.05.
1
SBM was substituted by YMM at 0% (SBM), 25% (H25), 50% (H50), 75% (H75) and 100% (H100), respectively.