Table 6.
Effect of the dietary inclusion of 0% (Control), 10% (BSF10) and 15% (BSF15) defatted BSF larvae meal on eggs physical traits.
| Physical Attributes | Experimental Groups | Significance | RSD 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | BSF10 | BSF15 | |||
| N. eggs | 210 | 210 | 210 | ||
| Egg weight (g) | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.5 | ns | 1.18 |
| Egg shape index (%) 2 | 75.3 B | 76.3 A | 76.3 A | <0.01 | 3.27 |
| Surface area (cm2) 3 | 26.0 | 26.3 | 26.2 | ns | 1.52 |
| Shell weight (g) | 1.44 B | 1.51 A | 1.52 A | <0.001 | 0.16 |
| Shell thickness (mm) | 0.214 | 0.210 | 0.213 | <0.05 | 0.02 |
| Shell percentage 4 | 10.1 B | 10.4 A | 10.5 A | <0.001 | 1.02 |
| Edible portion (%) 5 | 89.9 | 89.6 | 89.5 | ns | 1.12 |
| Albumen pH | 9.16 | 9.15 | 9.18 | ns | 0.23 |
| Yolk colour 6 | 4.99 B | 5.57 Ab | 5.81 Aa | <0.001 | 0.92 |
1 RSD: Residual Standard Deviation. 2 Egg shape index: (Diameter 1/Diameter 2) × 100. 3 Surface area: [(Egg weight)0.7056] × 3.9782. 4 Shell percentage: (Shell weight/egg weight) × 100. 5 Edible portion (g)/egg weight (g) × 100. 6 Roche yolk color fan (Vuilleumier, 1969). a–b Means in the same row with different superscript letters differ for p < 0.05. A–B Means in the same row with different superscript letters differ for p < 0.01.