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Table 1 Ingredients and calculated nutrient levels of the experimental diets, g/kg as-fed basisa

From: Impact of partially defatted black soldier fly larvae meal on coccidia-infected chickens: effects on growth performance, intestinal health, and cecal short-chain fatty acid concentrations

Item

Concentration of pBSFLM, g/kg

0

60

120

Ingredient, g/kg

 Corn

441.7

480.4

519.1

 DDGS

91.0

91.0

91.0

 pBSFLM

0.0

60.0

120.0

 Soybean meal

339.2

266.6

194.0

 Megalac

15.0

7.5

0.0

 Soybean oil

50.6

32.8

15.0

 Ground limestone

10.8

11.4

12.0

 Monocalcium phosphate

13.8

12.4

11.0

 Salt

4.0

4.0

4.0

 L-Lysine HCl

2.0

2.1

2.2

 DL-Methionine

2.9

2.9

3.0

 L-Threonine

1.0

0.9

0.7

 Vitamin-mineral premixb

3.0

3.0

3.0

 Chromic oxide premixc

25.0

25.0

25.0

 Total

1,000.0

1,000.0

1,000.0

Calculated nutrient, g/kg

 ME, kcal/kg

3,071.7

3,096.8

3,121.9

 Crude protein

206.7

207.1

207.5

 Ether extract

71.3

64.4

57.6

 Calcium

8.8

8.7

8.7

 Phosphorus

6.7

6.5

6.3

 Non-phytate P

4.4

4.4

4.4

Amino acid (SID), %

 Arginine

1.1

1.1

1.0

 Histidine

0.5

0.6

0.7

 Isoleucine

0.7

0.7

0.7

 Leucine

1.5

1.5

1.5

 Lysine

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Methionine

0.5

0.5

0.5

 Methionine + Cysteine

0.8

0.8

0.8

 Phenylalanine

0.8

0.8

0.8

 Threonine

0.7

0.7

0.7

 Tryptophan

0.2

0.2

0.2

 Valine

0.8

0.8

0.9

  1. aAbbreviations: pBSFLM Partially defatted black soldier fly larva meal, DDGS Distiller's dried grains with solubles, SID Standardized ileal digestibility
  2. bProvided the following quantities per kg of complete diet: vitamin A, 10,968 IU; vitamin D3, 5,286 IU; vitamin E, 22.0 IU; menadione, 8.76 mg; riboflavin, 11.0 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 22.0 mg; niacin, 88.2 mg; choline chloride, 1,542 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; biotin, 0.11 mg; thiamine mononitrate, 4.40 mg; folic acid, 1.98 mg; pyridoxine hydrochloride, 6.60 mg; I, 2.22 mg; Mn, 132 mg; Cu, 8.88 mg; Fe, 88.2 mg; Zn, 88.2 mg; Se, 0.60 mg
  3. c5 g Chromic dioxide plus 20 g corn