Table 3.

Apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) of the diets prepared by using different insects as test ingredients.

ADC (%)	Control diet	BSL diet	MW diet	BBF diet	p value
Dry matter	79.18 ± 0.37ab	79.60 ± 0.25a	69.17 ± 0.58c	78.76 ± 1.20b	<0.001
Crude protein	83.28 ± 0.55ab	83.47 ± 0.06a	72.07 ± 0.77c	81.32 ± 0.76b	<0.001
Crude fat	89.70 ± 0.24c	91.86 ± 0.10b	81.24 ± 0.35d	94.23 ± 0.32a	<0.001
Crude ash	55.27 ± 1.65b	61.92 ± 0.10a	37.01 ± 0.15c	55.16 ± 2.25b	<0.001
Phosphorus	65.07 ± 1.32c	73.39 ± 1.57a	64.91 ± 1.13c	68.74 ± 1.42b	<0.001
Gross energy	81.82 ± 0.53a	82.61 ± 0.09a	72.21 ± 0.63b	81.59 ± 1.01a	<0.001
Essential amino acids (EAA)
Arginine	89.27 ± 0.23a	87.43 ± 0.21a	69.35 ± 0.80c	84.85 ± 0.33b	<0.001
Histidine	84.96 ± 0.32a	79.34 ± 0.35b	61.87 ± 0.99c	83.24 ± 0.37a	<0.001
Isoleucine	82.83 ± 0.36a	73.81 ± 0.44c	49.51 ± 1.31d	77.24 ± 0.50b	<0.001
Leucine	87.89 ± 0.26a	79.57 ± 0.34b	59.67 ± 1.05c	81.13 ± 0.41b	<0.001
Lysine	90.73 ± 0.20a	87.62 ± 0.21b	80.18 ± 0.51c	90.65 ± 0.21a	<0.001
Methionine	90.93 ± 0.19a	87.86 ± 0.20b	80.14 ± 0.52c	89.01 ± 0.24b	<0.001
Threonine	81.06 ± 0.28a	73.00 ± 0.45b	45.20 ± 1.42c	74.95 ± 0.55b	<0.001
Phenylalanine	91.55 ± 0.18a	86.71 ± 0.22c	80.22 ± 0.51d	89.09 ± 0.24b	<0.001
Tryptophan	95.17 ± 0.10a	93.65 ± 0.11b	90.57 ± 0.24c	90.37 ± 0.12d	<0.001
Valine	86.15 ± 0.29a	78.38 ± 0.36b	54.20 ± 0.36c	82.82 ± 2.37b	<0.001
Fatty acids (FA)
12 : 0	82.23 ± 2.27b	99.97 ± 0.00a	77.81 ± 2.32b	98.02 ± 0.19a	<0.001
14 : 0	98.63 ± 0.05b	99.22 ± 0.09a	98.06 ± 0.14c	99.03 ± 0.01a	<0.001
16 : 0	97.66 ± 0.23c	98.29 ± 0.04b	97.69 ± 0.03c	98.96 ± 0.03a	<0.001
16 : 1n − 7	98.12 ± 0.05b	98.08 ± 0.07b	98.60 ± 0.02b	98.78 ± 0.04a	<0.001
18 : 0	97.07 ± 0.56b	97.64 ± 0.09bc	96.74 ± 0.05a	98.65 ± 0.05ac	0.009
18 : 1n − 9	97.52 ± 0.75b	98.48 ± 0.13ab	98.00 ± 0.01ab	99.32 ± 0.05a	0.036
18 : 2n − 6	96.36 ± 0.68b	98.43 ± 0.13a	97.85 ± 0.06a	99.18 ± 0.04a	0.006
18 : 3n − 3 (LNA)	97.30 ± 0.76	98.28 ± 0.19	98.00 ± 0.20	98.38 ± 0.13	0.169
22 : 6n − 3 (DHA)	99.36 ± 0.05a	99.20 ± 0.01a	99.30 ± 0.01a	98.90 ± 0.07b	0.003
EPA + DHA	99.45 ± 0.05a	99.37 ± 0.00a	99.36 ± 0.03a	99.20 ± 0.05b	0.091

The statistical IDs marked with different letters within the same row translate into a deviation on a significance level of p < 0.05.