Table 4.

Average feed intake, fecal output, fecal score, fecal pH, apparent total tract macronutrient, and energy digestibility

	Cricket meal					P-value
Item	0%	8%	16%	24%	SEM	Treatment	Linear	Quadratic	Cubic
Intake
Feed intake, g AF/d	231	193	227	222	16.81	0.385	0.944	0.322	0.155
Feed intake, g DM/d	213	178	211	208	15.61	0.380	0.818	0.327	0.155
GE intake, kcal/d	1,043	873	1,039	1,023	76.78	0.354	0.758	0.322	0.143
Output
Fecal output, g as-is/d	64.8a	66.2a	70.3a	93.4b	7.16	0.030	0.009	0.142	0.618
Fecal output, g DM/d	23.4a	24.0a	26.4a	33.6b	2.44	0.024	0.005	0.181	0.773
Fecal score	3.40	3.44	3.47	3.43	0.03	0.336	0.324	0.136	0.682
Fecal pH	6.53	6.36	6.19	6.18	0.14	0.232	0.053	0.545	0.792
Apparent digestibility
DM, %	88.9a	86.5b	87.3a,b	83.9c	0.68	<0.001	<0.001	0.475	0.025
OM, %	91.5a	89.4b	90.0a.b	86.8c	0.54	<0.001	<0.001	0.320	0.013
Crude Protein, %	88.2a	84.8b	86.0b	82.1c	0.74	<0.001	<0.001	0.715	0.007
Fat, %	96.4a	95.7b	96.0a,b	94.8c	0.22	<0.001	<0.001	0.360	0.013
TDF, %	57.5a	43.7b	61.3a	46.3b	2.81	<0.001	0.214	0.828	<0.001
GE, %	92.4a	90.4b	90.8b	88.3c	0.49	<0.001	<0.001	0.628	0.024

^a–cMeans within a row lacking a common superscript letter are different (P < 0.05).