Table 4.

Effects of replacing soybean meal with black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) in diets fed to Shaver White layers (28-43 week of age) on egg quality characteristics.¹

BSFLM inclusion, %,	Yolk color	Haugh units	Shell breaking strength, kgf	Shell thickness, mm
0	4.27c	65.3	4.69	0.436
10	4.85b	66.5	4.78	0.434
15	5.03a	66.3	4.87	0.438
SEM	0.046	1.325	0.068	0.002
Week of age
31	5.04a	66.5	5.12a	0.433c
35	4.82b	67.4	4.58c	0.438a,b
39	4.29c	64.7	4.54c	0.432b,c
43	4.72b	65.4	4.87b	0.441a
SEM	0.05	1.53	0.08	0.002
Probabilities
BSFLM	<0.001	0.596	<0.176	0.273
Week	<0.001	0.785	<0.001	0.034
BSFLM × week	0.561	0.328	0.782	0.684
Response to BSFLM inclusion
Linear	<0.001	0.506	<0.001	0.863
Quadratic	0.993	0.266	0.129	0.028

^a-cMeans assigned different letters within a factor of analysis (BSFLM, week) are significantly different, P < 0.05.