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. 2019 Sep 17;69(1):70–79. doi: 10.1538/expanim.19-0072

Table 4. Nutrient and energy digestibility (%) (mean ± SEM).

Diet P-value

C FM MWM
Dry matter 66.57 ± 0.75 65.10 ± 1.17 66.32 ± 0.57 0.451
Organic matter 69.38 ± 0.70 68.21 ± 1.06 69.10 ± 0.53 0.558
Total protein 78.60 ± 0.75 74.98 ± 1.32 77.17 ± 0.90 0.055
Crude fat 89.56 ± 0.65b 87.36 ± 0.84b 92.17 ± 0.51a 0.001
NDF 34.62 ± 1.82 36.82 ± 2.18 36.13 ± 1.02 0.663
ADF 32.27 ± 1.94b 39.26 ± 2.45a 39.34 ± 1.26a 0.023
ADL 33.52 ± 2.59b 37.87 ± 2.75 44.38 ± 1.37a 0.010
Gross energy 67.57 ± 0.63 67.11 ± 1.09 68.24 ± 0.59 0.613

C, control; FM, fish meal; MWM, Mealworm larvae meal; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; ADL, acid detergent lignine. a,bMean values within rows with no common superscripts are different at P<0.05.