Influences of Partial Substitution of Fish Meal with Defatted Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Meal in Diets on Growth Performance, Biochemical Parameters, and Body Composition of Juvenile Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis)
Table 1
The nutritional composition of the experimental diets (air-dry basis (g/kg)).
Item
Group
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
Ingredient
Fish meal
600.0
570.0
540.0
510.0
480.0
Black soldier fly larvae meala
0.0
41.5
83.0
124.5
166.0
Chicken meal
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
Corn gluten meal
60.0
60.0
60.0
60.0
60.0
Soybean meal
60.0
60.0
60.0
60.0
60.0
Soybean oil
12.0
10.2
8.4
6.6
4.8
α-Starch
218.0
208.3
198.6
188.9
179.2
Ca(H2PO4)2
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
Premixb
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
Total
1000.0
1000.0
1000.0
1000.0
1000.0
Proximate analysisc
Moisture (%)
15.13
15.00
14.76
15.92
14.88
Energy (MJ/kg)
19.24
19.27
19.29
19.32
19.33
Crude protein (%)
48.14
48.13
48.19
48.10
48.04
Crude lipid (%)
6.96
7.00
7.04
7.09
7.13
Ash (%)
16.92
16.61
16.30
15.98
15.67
aProvided by Shandong Woneng Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. (Shandong, China). bObtained from Turtle Farm of Liaocheng Economic and Technological Development Zone (Shandong, China). cBased on the sample analysis in triplicate.
