Table 7.
Impact of dietary Black Soldier Fly larvae meal on egg quality, Experiment 2.
| Treatment | Egg specific gravity | Albumen ht (mm) | Haugh unit | Blood spots | Meat spots | Yolk color |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 1.0782ab | 8.43 | 90.83 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 9.05b |
| Meal-8.0 | 1.0763b | 8.27 | 89.97 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 9.13ab |
| Meal-16.0 | 1.0784ab | 8.08 | 89.02 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 9.51a |
| Meal-24.0 | 1.0799a | 8.28 | 90.72 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 9.33ab |
| SEM | 0.00076 | 0.17 | 0.95 | 0.012 | 0.04 | 0.123 |
| P-value | 0.009 | 0.516 | 0.492 | 0.383 | 0.390 | 0.035 |
| Orthogonal contrast (P-value) | ||||||
| Linear | 0.043 | — | — | — | — | 0.034 |
| Quadratic | 0.026 | — | — | — | — | 0.297 |
a-bMeans within a column with no common superscripts differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).