. 2022 Mar 5;100(4):skac068. doi: 10.1093/jas/skac068

Table 3.

Food intake, fecal characteristics, and apparent total tract macronutrient digestibility of adult cats fed black soldier fly larvae (BSFL)-containing canned diets

Item	Treatment				SEM¹	P-value
Item	Control	BSFL meal	BSFL whole	BSFL oil	SEM¹	P-value
Food intake
g food/d (as-is)	216.00	208.05	205.01	202.62	4.131	0.7042
g food/d (DM basis)	61.28	58.63	52.34	58.78	1.271	0.0778
kcal/d	290.86	289.32	258.00	287.32	6.038	0.1679
Fecal output
g feces/d (as-is)	30.55^ab	39.94^a	30.40^ab	23.82^b	1.593	0.0015
g feces/d (DM basis)	8.88^ab	10.98^a	8.86^ab	7.83^b	0.400	0.0327
kcal/d	36.06^b	49.58^a	41.25^ab	32.88^b	1.890	0.0053
Fecal characteristics
Fecal pH	6.56	6.63	6.64	6.68	0.024	0.3619
Fecal score²	2.88	2.50	2.75	2.31	0.083	0.0674
Fecal DM, %	28.92^ab	27.91^b	29.65^ab	33.00^a	0.701	0.0499
Digestibility, %
Dry matter	85.47^ab	81.19^b	83.16^ab	86.51^a	0.655	0.0118
Organic matter, %	88.63^a	83.34^b	84.80^b	89.15^a	0.651	0.0005
Acid-hydrolyzed fat, %	88.94	87.64	87.75	90.61	0.552	0.1976
Crude protein, %	86.71^ab	77.73^c	82.87^b	87.64^a	0.888	<0.0001
Energy, %	87.57^ab	82.79^c	84.10^bc	88.52^a	0.645	0.0007

Pooled standard error of the mean.

Fecal scores: 1 = hard, dry pellets, small hard mass; 2 = hard formed, remains firm and soft; 3 = soft, formed and moist stool, retains shape; 4 = soft, unformed stool, assumes the shape of the container; 5 = watery, liquid that can be poured.

Within a row, means lacking a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).