Table 3.
Black Soldier Fly larvae meal dietary treatment ingredients and calculated nutrients (% as is), Experiment 2.
| Dietary treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | Control | Meal-8.0 | Meal-16.0 | Meal-24.0 |
| Corn | 57.99 | 60.38 | 62.72 | 65.06 |
| Soybean meal (48%) | 25.30 | 17.00 | 8.75 | 0.55 |
| Limestone | 4.22 | 4.00 | 3.78 | 3.51 |
| Calcium chips | 6.00 | 5.75 | 5.50 | 5.30 |
| Mono-dical phosphate | 1.76 | 1.42 | 1.08 | 0.74 |
| Vitamin-trace mineral premix | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Salt | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.30 |
| DL- Methionine | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.21 |
| Soybean oil | 3.79 | 2.52 | 1.26 | — |
| BSFL meal1 | — | 8.00 | 16.00 | 23.93 |
| Nutrients (%) |
Calculated analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) | 2840 | 2840 | 2840 | 2840 |
| Crude protein | 16.25 | 16.25 | 16.26 | 16.25 |
| Ether extract | 6.22 | 5.90 | 5.58 | 5.25 |
| Linoleic acid | 3.46 | 2.96 | 2.46 | 1.97 |
| Crude fiber | 1.98 | 2.33 | 2.68 | 3.03 |
| Ash | 10.63 | 11.08 | 11.52 | 11.97 |
| Lysine | 0.8819 | 0.8661 | 0.8516 | 0.8366 |
| Methionine | 0.4085 | 0.4271 | 0.4459 | 0.4647 |
| Methionine + cystine | 0.6733 | 0.6729 | 0.6729 | 0.6729 |
| Arginine | 1.0650 | 0.9634 | 0.8634 | 0.7634 |
| Tryptophan | 0.1884 | 0.1823 | 0.1765 | 0.1706 |
| Isoleucine | 0.6973 | 0.6770 | 0.6578 | 0.6382 |
| Valine | 0.7639 | 0.8161 | 0.8892 | 0.9214 |
| Calcium | 4.4000 | 4.4000 | 4.4000 | 4.3999 |
| Phosphorus, total | 0.6647 | 0.6370 | 0.6096 | 0.5823 |
| Phosphorus, available | 0.4500 | 0.4500 | 0.4500 | 0.4500 |