Table 2.
Analysed nutrient content of experimental diets (crude nutrients g/kg dry matter (DM)).
| Diets | Starter Period (1–21 day(s)) | Grower Period (22–34 days) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermetia | Spirulina | Control | Hermetia | Spirulina | Control | |
| Crude protein | 259.3 | 241.4 | 249.5 | 230.9 | 207.2 | 220.2 |
| Ether extract | 131.1 | 116.6 | 111.6 | 131.4 | 118.4 | 112.8 |
| Crude fibre | 47.1 | 31.1 | 45.2 | 41.7 | 30.4 | 40.4 |
| Crude ash | 60.4 | 59.2 | 65.6 | 56.5 | 53.5 | 61.6 |
| N-free extract | 502.1 | 551.7 | 528.1 | 539.5 | 590.5 | 565 |
| AMEN (MJ/kg DM) * | 15.3 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 14.8 |
* N corrected apparent metabolizable energy, calculated according to WPSA [18].