Table 5.

The hematological traits and serum proteins and lipids of the male and female Label Rouge Naked Neck birds fed a diet supplemented with 10% live black soldier fly larvae; supplementation based on the expected daily feed intake (28–81d; n = 12).

Item	Diet (D)		SEM	Gender (G)		SEM	P- value
	BSFL	Control		Male	Female		D	G	D × G
Erythrocytes, 106, cell/μL	2.32	2.22	0.23	2.49	2.07	0.23	0.770	0.191	0.941
Leukocytes, 103, cell/μL	31.1	23.9	2.26	26.7	27.2	2.24	0.023	0.745	0.955
Heterophils, %	47.3	42.1	2.90	47.2	42.2	2.90	0.202	0.225	0.976
Lymphocytes, %	48.1	52.8	2.65	48.2	52.8	2.65	0.212	0.218	0.955
Eosinophils, %	1.40	1.55	0.18	1.17	1.85	0.19	0.541	0.008	0.385
Monocytes, %	1.63	3.06	3.33	2.85	1.75	0.32	0.002	0.016	0.373
Basophils, %	2.90	2.67	0.32	2.54	3.05	0.32	0.617	0.269	0.495
Serum proteins and lipids
Total protein, g/dL	4.61	4.73	0.11	4.70	4.65	0.11	0.405	0.743	0.747
Cholesterol, mg/dL	107	119	5.14	116	109	5.14	0.091	0.345	0.520
Triglycerides, mg/dL	112	107	8.54	98.9	121	8.54	0.157	0.061	0.177

BSFL, black soldier fly larvae; SEM, standard error of the mean.