Research Article

Effects of Replacing Fishmeal with Defatted Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens Linnaeus) Larvae Meal in Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica) Diet on Growth Performance, Fillet Texture, Serum Biochemical Parameters, and Intestinal Histomorphology

Table 4

Growth performance and somatic indices of Japanese eel fed with different replacement levels of DBSFLM.

R0R15R30R45R60R75

IBW (g)
FBW (g)
WGR (%)
SGR (% day−1)
FI (g fish−1 day−1)
FCR
PER
SR (%)
CF (g cm−3)
VSI (%)abaabbabb
HSI (%)

Abbreviation: DBSFLM: defatted black soldier fly larvae meal; IBW: initial body weight; FBW: final body weight; WGR: weight gain rate; SGR: specific growth rate; FI: feed intake; FCR: feed conversion ratio; PER: protein efficiency ratio; SR: survival rate; CF: condition factor; VSI: viscerosomatic index; HSI: hepatosomatic index. Data are presented as the (3 for growth performance and for somatic indices). Different superscript letters in the same row indicate statistically different values ().