Table 4. Nutrient and energy digestibility (%) (mean ± SEM).
Diet | P-value | |||
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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.