Effect of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens L.) Larvae Supplementation in the Diet on the Productive Performance of Broilers
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of supplementing black soldier fly larvae
(Hermetia illucens) at different levels in diets on the growth performance of broiler chickens. A total of 80 mixed-sex broilers were raised for a total period of 49 days using a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The broiler chickens were assigned to 4 treatment groups, each with 4 replicates of 20 birds: Group 1 (control group), Group 2 (commercial diet supplemented with 10% black soldier fly larvae), Group 3 (commercial diet supplemented with 20% black soldier fly larvae), and Group 4 (commercial diet supplemented with 30% black soldier fly larvae). The results showed that during the age periods of 7–14, 14–21, 21–28, 28–35, and 35–42 days, different levels of black soldier fly larvae supplementation had no statistically significant (P>0.05) on feed intake, weight gain, average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR). However, during the period of 42–49 days of age, while feed intake showed no statistically significant difference (P>0.05), weight gain, average daily gain (ADG), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) differed significantly among treatments (P<0.05). Furthermore, live weight, carcass weight, heart weight, liver weight, and gizzard weight showed no statistically significant differences (P>0.05) across treatment groups.
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