. 2018 Jul 11;97(8):2829–2835. doi: 10.3382/ps/pey118

Table 4.

Effects of inclusion of black soldier fly larva meal (BSFLM) in corn–soybean meal diet fed to laying pullets (19 to 27 wk of age) on egg production, average egg weight, egg mass, and FCR.

Item	Hen day egg production (%)	Average egg weight (g)	Egg mass (g/d)	Feed intake (g/bird/d)	FCR
Main effect of BSFLM inclusion (%)
0.0	89.4^a	50.5^a	45.8^a	92.2^b	2.256^b
5.0	84.8^b	50.1^b	43.0^b	92.0^b	2.385^a,b
7.5	87.8^a	50.4^a,b	44.8^a,b	95.7^a	2.430^a
SEM	0.642	0.123	0.327	0.350	0.042
Main effect of age (wk)
19	46.0^d	42.3^g	19.4^g	63.8^f	4.250^a
20	73.9^c	44.2^f	32.7^f	89.4^d	3.050^b
21	89.0^b	46.5^e	41.4^e	76.7^e	1.904^c
22	94.4^a	49.8^d	47.0^d	94.6^c	2.044^c
23	96.3^a	51.8^c	49.9^c	96.5^c	1.954^c
24	96.0^a	53.4^b	51.3^b	97.0^c	1.905^c
25	96.2^a	54.4^a,b	52.3^a,b	102.2^b	1.973^c
26	96.6^a	54.9^a	53.1^a	110.2^a	2.089^c
27	97.2^a	55.3^a	53.7^a	109.1^a	2.045^c
SEM	1.029	0.197	0.511	0.561	0.067
Probabilities
BSFLM	<0.01	0.038	<0.01	<0.01	0.010
Week	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
BSFLM*wk	0.089	0.237	0.031	<0.01	0.797
Response to BSFLM inclusion
Linear	0.005	0.263	0.002	<0.01	0.003
Quadratic	<0.01	0.021	<0.01	<0.01	0.794

Note: Means assigned different letters (a–f) within a factor of analysis (BSFLM, wk) are significantly different, P < 0.05.