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Table 3.

Means and standard deviation (SD) with Cohen’s d for carcass performance parameters: live weight, carcass weight, breast filet yield, protein, intramuscular fat (IMF), moisture, and pH values at 20 min and 24 h post mortem.

Parameters	Hermetia	SD	Cohen’s d	Spirulina	SD	Cohen’s d	Control	SD
Live weight (g)	2329 ^a (n = 48)	322	0.509	2121 ^b (n = 48)	218	0.181	2169 ^b (n = 36)	306
Carcass weight (g)	1789 ^a (n = 48)	261	0.476	1577 ^b (n = 48)	175	0.465	1672 ^b (n = 36)	230
Breast filet yield (%)	20.4 ^a (n = 36)	1.9	0.205	20.0 ^a (n = 36)	2.0	0.400	20.8 ^a (n = 24)	2.0
Protein (% breast filet)	21.07 ^a (n = 8)	0.27	0.99	21.60 ^a (n = 8)	0.64	1.56	20.52 ^a (n = 8)	0.74
IMF (% breast filet)	3.41 ^a (n = 8)	0.45	0.02	3.12 ^a (n = 8)	0.50	0.47	3.40 ^a (n = 8)	0.68
Moisture (% breast filet)	73.88 ^a (n = 8)	0.43	0.62	73.62 ^a (n = 8)	0.71	0.87	74.29 ^a (n = 8)	0.83
pH_20min	6.65 ^b (n = 36)	0.12	0.917	6.67 ^b (n = 36)	0.12	0.750	6.76 ^a (n = 24)	0.12
pH_24h	5.80 ^a (n = 20)	0.18	0.00	6.06 ^b (n = 19)	0.13	1.852	5.80 ^a (n = 8)	0.15

Sample size indicated in brackets; superscript letter a–b indicate statistical differences between feed groups (p < 0.05); Cohen’s d comparisons are between the respective treatment group and control group.