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. 2022 Feb 16;9:838018. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.838018

Table 6.

Post-weaning piglet average daily gain, feed consumption, and days with (watery) diarrhea.

Pre-C Pre-L P -value
Post- C Post-L Post-C Post-L Pre Post Pre*Post
ADG (g/pig/day)
d0-1 93 ± 58 26 ± 31 −41 ± 42 6 ± 35 0.073 0.831 0.199
d1-2 284 ± 24 216 ± 23 315 ± 20 221 ± 22 0.402 <0.001 0.537
d2-7 149 ± 8 100 ± 17 168 ± 20 145 ± 20 0.055 0.032 0.408
d7-14 369 ± 15 340 ± 16 343 ± 20 324 ± 22 0.228 0.161 0.777
d14-21 563 ± 19 552 ± 24 482 ± 25 495 ± 33 0.009 0.981 0.626
Total d0-21 365 ± 10 333 ± 10 329 ± 16 316 ± 16 0.060 0.118 0.497
BW (kg) at d21 15.1 ± 0.2 14.5 ± 0.2 14.6 ± 0.4 14.5 ± 0.4 0.363 0.236 0.927
DMI(g/pig/day) pellets
d0-1 183 ± 20 115 ± 12 148 ± 19 114 ± 15 0.226 0.002 0.268
d1-2 233 ± 17 115 ± 8 212 ± 15 117 ± 10 0.489 <0.001 0.371
d2-7 208 ± 9 139 ± 10 210 ± 11 142 ± 14 0.779 <0.001 0.949
d7-14 385 ± 13 245 ± 12 357 ± 24 235 ± 18 0.233 <0.001 0.600
d14-21 746 ± 27 484 ± 17 647 ± 30 459 ± 25 0.013 <0.001 0.125
Total d0-21 438 ± 14 281 ± 10 394 ± 16 271 ± 13 0.059 <0.001 0.239
DMI(g/pig/day) BSFL
d0-1 - 54 ± 5 - 56 ± 6 0.802 - -
d1-2 - 61 ± 3 - 66 ± 5 0.374 - -
d2-7 - 28 ± 3 - 39 ± 3 0.021 - -
d7-14 - 77 ± 4 - 86 ± 4 0.057 - -
d14-21 - 136 ± 0 - 135 ± 0 0.339 - -
Total d0-21 - 82 ± 1 - 88 ± 2 0.056 - -
DMI(g/pig/day) total
d0-1 183 ± 20 169 ± 13 148 ± 19 169 ± 18 0.243 0.781 0.243
d1-2 233 ± 17 176 ± 8 212 ± 15 183 ± 10 0.614 0.001 0.260
d2-7 208 ± 9 167 ± 10 210 ± 11 181 ± 13 0.427 0.002 0.569
d7-14 385 ± 13 323 ± 13 357 ± 24 321 ± 19 0.361 0.002 0.407
d14-21 746 ± 27 620 ± 17 647 ± 30 594 ± 26 0.013 <0.001 0.128
Total d0-21 438 ± 14 363 ± 10 394 ± 16 359 ± 14 0.091 <0.001 0.170
Diarrhea
# of days with diarrhea 6.0 ± 0.8 6.2 ± 0.7 5.1 ± 0.6 6.0 ± 1.0 0.355 0.416 0.615
# of days with watery diarrhea 1.7 ± 0.4 1.6 ± 0.2 1.9 ± 0.3 2.0 ± 1.0 0.903 0.696 0.669

Post-weaning average daily gain (ADG), final body weight, dry matter intake (DMI) of pellets, BSFL, and both pellets and BSFL combined (total), and days with (watery) diarrhea of piglets that had access to either only creep feed (Pre-C) or creep feed and live black soldier fly larvae (Pre-L) pre-weaning, and consequently had access to no larvae (Post-C) or had access to live black soldier fly larvae (Post-L) post-weaning. P-values of the effect of pre-weaning treatment (Pre), post-weaning treatment (Post) and their interaction (Pre*Post) are presented, and significant effects (p < 0.05) are indicated in bold and trends (p < 0.1) are indicated in italic. Data are presented as pen means ± SEM.