Table 1.
Ingredient composition of experimental diets (g/kg as fed).
| Ingredients/Diets | Starter Period (1–21 day(s)) | Grower Period (22–34 days) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermetia | Spirulina | Control | Hermetia | Spirulina | Control | |
| Wheat | 358.3 | 377.9 | 328.8 | 402.6 | 416.8 | 375.8 |
| Corn | 179.2 | 189.0 | 164.4 | 201.3 | 208.4 | 187.9 |
| Soybean meal | 195.0 | 195.0 | 390.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 320.0 |
| Insect meal | 145.4 | - | - | 119.0 | - | - |
| Algae meal | 118.2 | 97.0 | ||||
| Soybean oil | 78.5 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 78.5 |
| Premix * | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| CaHPO4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| CaCO3 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
| NaCl | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Wheat starch | - | - | - | 3.0 | 3.0 | - |
| TiO2 | - | - | - | 3.0 | ||
| l-Lysine∙HCl | 3.2 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 |
| dl-Methionine | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| l-Threonine | 0.6 | - | - | 0.4 | - | - |
| l-Arginine | 2.2 | 0.7 | - | 1.4 | 0.1 | - |
| l-Valine | - | - | - | 0.5 | 0.2 | - |
* Added per kg of final diet: 2.1 g calcium, 0.8 g sodium, 5000 IU vitamin A, 1000 IU vitamin D3, 30 mg vitamin E, 2.6 mg vitamin B1, 4.8 mg vitamin B2, 3.2 mg vitamin B6, 20 μg vitamin B12, 3 mg vitamin K3, 50 mg nicotinic acid, 10 mg calcium pantothenate, 0.9 mg folic acid, 100 μg biotin, 1000 mg choline chloride, 50 mg Fe as iron-II-sulfate, monohydrate, 15 mg Cu as copper-II-sulfate, pentahydrate, 120 mg Mn as manganese-II-oxide, 70 mg Zn as zinc oxide, 1.4 mg I as calcium iodate, hexahydrate, 0.28 mg Se as sodium selenite, 0.55 mg Co as alkaline cobalt-II-carbonate, monohydrate, and 100 mg butylhydroxytoluol.