Table 6.
Impact of dietary Black Soldier Fly larvae meal on hen production, Experiment 2.
| Treatment | Body wt (g) (before-after) | Feed intake (g/hen/day) | Eggs per period | Hen day egg prod (%) | Egg wt (g) | Feed conversion (kg feed/ dozen egg) | Feed conversion (kg feed/ kg egg) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 1,631 | 1,668 | 98.56a | 24.94a | 83.97a | 63.01 | 1.412 | 1.871 |
| Meal-8.0 | 1,622 | 1,643 | 97.41ab | 24.78a | 85.44a | 61.73 | 1.359 | 1.835 |
| Meal-16.0 | 1,671 | 1,663 | 97.25ab | 24.35a | 86.02a | 61.70 | 1.368 | 1.848 |
| Meal-24.0 | 1,650 | 1,603 | 92.40b | 22.33b | 77.01b | 59.96 | 1.442 | 2.009 |
| SEM | 17.29 | 18.10 | 1.504 | 0.52 | 1.795 | 0.95 | 0.0278 | 0.0469 |
| P-value | 0.194 | 0.051 | 0.041 | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.189 | 0.153 | 0.058 |
| Orthogonal contrast (P-value) | ||||||||
| Linear | — | — | 0.012 | 0.020 | 0.020 | — | — | — |
| Quadratic | — | — | 0.232 | 0.008 | 0.008 | — | — | — |
a-bMeans within a column with no common superscripts differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).