Table 3.
Variable | Dietary treatments | |||||
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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).
Data are means of 4 replicate cages consisting of 8 birds per replicate cage.