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

Table 3 Growth performance, apparent ileal digestibility, and total tract nutrient utilization of broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with 0, 6%, or 12% pBSFLM with or without Eimeria challenge from d 13 to 19 post hatching^a

Item	Concentration of pBSFLM, %			Challenge		SEM	P-value
	Concentration of pBSFLM, %			Challenge			pBSFLM^b		Challenge	pBSFLM × Challenge
	0	6	12	NCHA	CHA		L	Q	Challenge	L	Q
BW, g
d 12	426	435	432	431	431	12.3	-	-	-	-	-
d 19	747	713	692	786	648	28.2	0.068	0.790	< 0.001	0.231	0.394
BW gain, g/bird	319.2	272.1	260.4	355.4	212.5	20.92	0.010	0.315	< 0.001	0.125	0.157
Feed intake, g/bird	445.3	397.3	396.9	469.9	356.3	22.91	0.041	0.237	< 0.001	0.821	0.366
G:F, g/kg	680	662	637	755	564	20.0	0.043	0.813	< 0.001	0.010	0.209
Apparent ileal digestibility
DM, %	68.4	66.6	66.7	77.2	57.3	1.88	0.254	0.441	< 0.001	0.352	0.941
GE, %	68.1	66.4	66.5	79.8	54.2	1.93	0.306	0.482	< 0.001	0.492	0.803
N, %	77.5	76.0	74.1	85.5	66.2	1.82	0.032	0.995	< 0.001	0.351	0.231
Total tract nutrient utilization
DM, %	72.8	72.9	72.8	74.8	70.8	0.79	0.768	0.700	< 0.001	0.197	0.432
GE, %	76.5	76.8	76.3	78.6	74.5	0.72	0.985	0.371	< 0.001	0.113	0.364
N, %	70.1	69.2	67.1	72.0	65.6	1.27	0.028	0.490	< 0.001	0.903	0.251
Number of observations	12	16	16	24	20

^aAbbreviations: pBSFLM Partially defatted black soldier fly larva meal, NCHA Non-challenge, CHA Challenge; G:F Gain to feed ratio, GE Gross energy, N Nitrogen
^bL, linear effect of pBSFLM or interaction between pBSFLM and challenge; Q, quadratic effect of pBSFLM or interaction between pBSFLM and challenge

ISSN: 2049-1891