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. 2019 Aug 27;8:100066. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2019.100066

Table 3.

Effect of the dietary mealworm larvae supplementation on the growth performance of the Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica).a

Variable Dietary treatments
Control TM7.5 TM15 TM22.5 TM30 SEM
Body weight, g 245.1b 234.0c 236.8c 269.6a 260.9a 4.89
Daily feed intake, g/d 18.89a 17.04b 17.79b 17.28b 16.34c 0.62
Daily weight gain, g/d 8.09b 7.68c 7.78c 8.95a 8.64a 0.37
FCR, g:g 2.34a 2.22b 2.29b 1.93c 1.90d 0.02

TM, Tenebrio molitor; FCR = feed:gain ratio; SEM = standard error of mean.

a-d values in the same row not sharing a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).

a

Data are means of 4 replicate cages consisting of 8 birds per replicate cage.