Table 2. Ingredients and chemical composition of the basal experimental diets (as-fed basis)1

Items CON T1 T2
Corn 54.12 54.12 54.12
Soybean meal (45%) 12.00 12.00 12.00
DDGS (28%) 10.00 10.00 10.00
Corn gluten diet 6.27 6.27 6.27
FM 3.00 - -
Defatted BSFL - 3.00 -
Hydrolyzed BSFL - - 3.00
Wheat pollards 2.50 2.50 2.50
Rice pollards 1.50 1.50 1.50
Animal fats 0.50 0.48 0.46
L-Lys-SO4 0.08 0.10 0.10
DL-Methionine 0.12 0.12 0.14
L-Threonine 0.02 0.02 0.02
L-Tryptophan 0.13 0.13 0.13
Salt 0.21 0.21 0.21
Limestone 8.97 8.97 8.97
Mineral premix2 0.22 0.22 0.22
Vitamin premix3 0.11 0.11 0.11
Choline 0.25 0.25 0.25
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00
Calculated value
ME (kcal/kg) 2,710 2,710 2,710
CP (%) 15.45 15.42 15.41
EE (%) 3.86 3.86 3.86
Total Lys (%) 0.749 0.749 0.749
Calcium (%) 3.50 3.50 3.50
Available P (%) 0.41 0.41 0.41
CON, basal diet with 3% FM; T1, basal diet without FM and substitute with defatted black soldier fly larvae; T2, basal diet without FM and substitute with hydrolyzed black soldier fly larvae; DDGS, dried distiller’s grains with soluble; FM, fishmeal; BSFL, black soldier fly larvae; ME, metabolizable energy; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; Lys, lysine; P, phosphorus.
Provided per kg of diet: 37.5 mg Zn (as ZnSO4), 37.5 mg of Mn (MnO2), 37.5 mg of Fe (as FeSO4·7H2O), 3.75 mg of Cu (as CuSO4·5H2O), 0.83 mg of I (as KI), and 0.23 mg of Se (as Na2SeO3·5H2O).
Provided per kg of diet: 15,000 IU of vitamin A, 3,750 IU of vitamin D3, 37.5 mg of vitamin E, 2.55 mg of vitamin K3, 3 mg of thiamin, 7.5 mg of riboflavin, 4.5 mg of vitamin B6, 24 μg of vitamin B12, 51 mg of niacin, 1.5 mg of folic acid, 0.2 mg of biotin and 13.5 mg of pantothenic acid.