Table 3.
Body weight, body condition score, feed intake, faecal output, faecal score, faecal moisture, and apparent total tract digestibility (between day 23 and 28) in mixed-breed dogs (2–4 years old; n = 10 per group) with or without inclusion of house cricket (Acheta domesticus) or mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori) pupae in diets.
| Parameters | Groups | SEM | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | House Cricket Inclusion | Silkworm Pupae Inclusion | |||||
| 10% | 20% | 7% | 14% | ||||
| Body weight at d 22 1 | 27.3 | 24.1 | 24.8 | 25.7 | 26.4 | 2.686 | 0.86 |
| Body condition score at d 22 | 4.73 | 4.27 | 4.57 | 4.23 | 4.47 | 0.384 | 0.91 |
| Intake | |||||||
| Feed intake, g as fed/d | 371 | 400 | 453 | 381 | 434 | 17.25 | 0.54 |
| Feed intake, g DM/d | 468 | 508 | 642 | 450 | 564 | 24.37 | 0.06 |
| Output | |||||||
| Fecal output, g as-is/d | 247 | 213 | 234 | 187 | 266 | 12.39 | 0.32 |
| Fecal output, g of DM/d | 94.8 | 87.4 | 92.2 | 70.8 | 95.3 | 4.426 | 0.37 |
| Fecal score | 3.13 | 3.11 | 3.30 | 3.78 | 3.57 | 0.176 | 0.59 |
| Fecal moisture (%FM) | 61.0 | 61.3 | 61.9 | 61.0 | 63.8 | 0.560 | 0.38 |
| Apparent total tract digestibility (%) | |||||||
| Dry matter | 71.5 | 75.2 | 74.8 | 79.7 | 74.8 | 1.002 | 0.19 |
| Organic matter | 73.6 | 76.9 | 76.0 | 79.9 | 77.9 | 0.947 | 0.40 |
| Crude protein | 72.8 | 75.4 | 76.9 | 78.0 | 77.3 | 0.924 | 0.50 |
| Crude fat | 93.8 | 92.7 | 92.0 | 95.1 | 92.8 | 0.527 | 0.38 |
1. d 22; the day before the collection phase after the dog’s body weight and body condition score were adjusted.