. 2022 Oct 29;102(1):102293. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102293

Table 10.

Effects of replacing soybean meal (SBM) with increasing proportions of black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) on organ weights (g/kg BW) and breast muscle attributes in broiler chickens.

Item	SBM replacement with BSFLM, %						SEM	P-value	Responses to BSFLM³
Item	0 + AGP¹	0	12.5	25	50	100	SEM	P-value	Linear	Quadratic
24 d old
Gizzard	25.1^ab	28.8^a	23.7^b	23.3^b	25.4^ab	26.8^ab	0.90	0.001	0.644	0.002
Small intestine	29.6^b	31.9^ab	33.2^a	31.5^ab	31.2^ab	34.5^a	0.84	0.005	0.063	0.053
Pancreas	3.0^c	3.2^bc	3.2^bc	3.3^bc	3.5^ab	3.8^a	0.12	<0.001	<0.001	0.902
Liver	18.5^c	21.1^bc	22.8^ab	20.8^bc	21.1^bc	25.4^a	1.59	0.001	0.005	0.058
Spleen	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.05	0.879	0.320	0.505
Bursa	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.9	0.19	0.676	0.163	0.605
49 d old
Gizzard	16.8^b	19.7^ab	20.1^ab	17.9^ab	20.6^a	19.7^ab	0.81	0.014	0.696	0.998
Small intestine	16.7^b	19.9^a	18.9^ab	19.2^ab	19.5^a	20.8^a	0.90	0.002	0.110	0.193
Pancreas	2.0^b	2.2^ab	2.1^ab	2.2^ab	2.2^ab	2.4^a	0.13	0.015	0.032	0.405
Liver	20.5^b	22.7^ab	22.1^b	23.0^ab	24.1^ab	26.2^a	1.31	0.001	0.001	0.709
Spleen	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.2	0.07	0.502	0.101	0.392
Bursa	1.7	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.7	1.9	0.14	0.230	0.043	0.921

^a-c

Within a row LSMeans with different superscripts differs, P < 0.05.

Coccidiostat (Monteban 100, 70 mg Narasin/kg, Elanco Canada Ltd, Guelph, ON) and antibiotic (BMD 110 G, 55 mg Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate/kg, Zoetis Canada Inc., Kirkland, QC).

Contrasts in LS Means tested among diets 0, 12.5, 25, 50, and 100.