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Table 4.

Apparent fecal digestibility coefficients, expressed per gram of nutrient ingested, of main nutrients for the experimental diets in Tenebrio molitor larvae from 48 to 62 d post-hatch (n = 30 trays; degrees of freedom: 2 for diets and 1 for batch)

	Diets			SEM	F-value	P-value
	WB	FC	WBG	SEM	F-value	P-value
Apparent digestibility coefficients
Dry matter (DM)	0.390^b	0.406^b	0.368^a	0.006	12.01	<0.001
Ashes	0.095^b	0.146^c	0.053^a	0.009	26.71	<0.001
Crude protein	0.399^a	0.471^b	0.373^a	0.011	20.06	<0.001
Neutral detergent fiber	0.159	0.147	0.144	0.009	0.84	0.4432
Acid detergent fiber	0.062	0.053	0.052	0.013	0.19	0.8251
Gross energy	0.399^a	0.458^b	0.384^a	0.005	54.35	<0.001
Nutritive value
Digestible energy (MJ/kg DM)	7.61^a	8.61^b	7.38^a	0.10	42.65	<0.001
Digestible protein (g/kg DM)	68.4^a	76.6^b	66.5^a	2.0	7.51	0.0027

WB: diet including wheat bran andwater; FC: diet including wheat bran and fresh carrots; WBG: diet including wheat bran, wet brewer’s grains, and water (see Table 3). SEM: standard error of the means.

^a,b,cMeans not sharing letter for the same period were significantly different at P < 0.05.