Table 1.
Ingredients (g/kg), chemical composition (g/100 g as fed), and metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) of the experimental diets C (control diet based on maize grain and soybean meal), HI25 (Hermetia illucens larva meal substituted the 25% of dietary vegetable protein) and HI50 (Hermetia illucens larva meal substituted the 50% of dietary vegetable protein).
Diets | |||
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C | HI25 | HI50 | |
Ingredients | |||
Maize grain | 605.5 | 597.5 | 630.5 |
Soybean meal | 265 | 200 | 95 |
Insect meal | - | 73 | 145 |
CaCO3 grains | 80 | 80 | 80 |
Vegetable oil | 10 | 10 | 10 |
MinVit * | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Methionine | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Monocalcium phosphate | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Celite | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Salt | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Chemical Composition | |||
Dry matter 1 | 91.53 | 91.39 | 91.62 |
Crude protein 1 | 16.45 | 16.32 | 17.03 |
Ether extract 1 | 3.17 | 3.61 | 4.06 |
Metabolizable Energy 2 | 11.85 | 11.90 | 11.89 |
Ash | 14.00 | 14.21 | 14.13 |
Ca | 4.63 | 4.75 | 4.51 |
Total P | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.65 |
Lysine 2 | 0.86 | 0.97 | 1.00 |
Methionine 2 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.61 |
Methionine + Cysteine | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.82 |
Isoleucine | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.75 |
Threonine | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.65 |
Tryptophan | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
Valine | 0.93 | 1.07 | 1.14 |
1 Determined according to AOAC (2004). 2 Calculated according to NRC (1994).* Provided per kilogram: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 20,000 IU; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 6000 IU; vitamin E (dl-α-tocopheryl acetate), 80 IU; vitamin B1(thiamine monophosphate), 3 mg; vitamin B2 (riboflavin), 12 mg; vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), 8 mg; vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), 0.04 mg;, vitamin K3 (menadione), 4.8 mg; vitamin H (d biotin), 0.2 mg; vitamin PP (nicotinic acid), 48 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; calcium pantothenate, 20 mg; manganous oxide, 200 mg; ferrous carbonate, 80 mg; cupric sulphate pentahydrate, 20 mg; zinc oxide, 120 mg; basic carbonate monohydrate, 0.4 mg; anhydrous calcium iodate, 2 mg; sodium selenite, 0.4 mg; choline chloride, 800 mg; 4–6-phytase, 1800 FYT; D.L. methionine, 2600 mg; canthaxanthin, 8 mg.