Table 2.
Effect of partially replacing soybean products with mopane worm meal on overall feed intake (g/bird), overall body weight gain (g/bird), overall gain-to-feed ratio (g:g) and final body weight (g/bird) of Jumbo quails.
| 1Dietary treatments | Significance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MWM0 | MWM5 | MWM10 | MWM15 | 2SEM | Linear | Quadratic | |
| Overall FI | 654.9 | 625.2 | 645.8 | 628.0 | 14.01 | 0.353 | 0.680 |
| Overall BWG | 171.9 | 169.0 | 167.3 | 161.7 | 4.510 | 0.115 | 0.755 |
| Overall G:F | 0.262 | 0.270 | 0.260 | 0.258 | 0.007 | 0.447 | 0.455 |
| Final body weight | 247.6 | 237.6 | 235.3 | 234.2 | 5.009 | 0.064 | 0.374 |
1
Dietary treatments: MWM0 = a commercial grower diet with no mopane worm meal inclusion, MWM5 = a commercial grower diet in which 50 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal, MWM10 = a commercial grower diet in which 100 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal, and MWM15 = a commercial grower diet in which 150 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal.
2
SEM = standard error of the mean.