Research Article

Defatted Black Soldier Fly Meal in Diet for Grow-Out Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata L. 1758): Effects on Growth Performance, Gill Cortisol Level, Digestive Enzyme Activities, and Intestinal Histological Structure

Table 8

Means (SD) of villi length and number of goblets associated with different dietary treatments (CTRL, HI25, HI50, and HI75) and different intestine areas (anterior or posterior) (n = 15).

GroupsIntestine
AnteriorPosterior

Villi length (μm)
 CTRL24.20 (4.90)38.06 (11.48)
 HI2530.00 (6.40)48.40 (12.81)
 HI5026.46 (5.45)41.26 (8.85)
 HI7523.80 (4.38)30.60 (11.19)

Goblets (Nr.)
 CTRL78.20 (19.76)143.46 (46.25)
 HI2596.60 (24.64)184.00 (51.60)
 HI5083.47 (20.37)152.67 (35.20)
 HI7572.73 (18.28)119.87 (43.88)

HI, Hermetia illucens; CTRL, control.