Table 5.

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 body weight (kg).

	Black soldier fly larva meal inclusion (%)					BSFLM response
Week	0	5.0	7.5	SEM	P-value	Linear	Quadratic
191	1.376	1.382	1.394	0.018	0.782	–	–
21	1.377	1.425	1.419	0.016	0.097	0.052	0.335
23	1.409b	1.544a	1.453b	0.020	<0.01	0.031	<0.01
25	1.650	1.683	1.693	0.015	0.141	0.052	0.798
27	1.668b	1.709b	1.724a	0.014	0.034	0.011	0.853

¹Intial body weight.

Note: Means assigned different letters (a, b) within a row are significantly different, P < 0.05.