Table 5.
Antioxidant enzymes and oxidative metabolites of the Muscovy ducks fed increasing levels of BSF larva meal from 3 to 50 d of age (n = 12 birds/dietary treatment).
| Items | Dietary treatments 1 | SEM | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSF-0 | BSF-3 | BSF-6 | BSF-9 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| GPx, U/g Hb | 216.54 | 240.27 | 229.74 | 246.39 | 7.51 | 0.250 | 0.816 |
| TAS, mmol/l | 1.48 | 1.47 | 1.46 | 1.43 | 0.03 | 0.618 | 0.870 |
| MG, μg/ml | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.307 | 0.747 |
| MDA, pmol/ml | 161.99 | 169.97 | 148.73 | 147.10 | 2.10 | 0.000 | 0.152 |
| Nitrotyrosine, nM | 193.10 | 133.42 | 122.66 | 78.67 | 11.01 | 0.000 | 0.677 |
Note: BSF: black soldier fly; SEM: standard error of the mean; GPx: glutathione peroxidase; Hb: haemoglobin; TAS: total antioxidant status; MG: methylglyoxal; MDA: malondialdehyde. 1BSF-0, BSF-3, BSF-6, and BSF-9 = dietary inclusion of BSF larva meal at 0%, 3%, 6%, and 9%, respectively.