Table 3 Effect of dietary sodium selenite levels on the growth performance of black soldier fly.

From: Sodium selenite enhanced the selenium content in black soldier fly

Items

Larva weight gain (g)

Feed weight loss (g)

Feed insect ratio

Control

132.63 ± 8.39a

320.97 ± 33.95ab

6.15 ± 0.36c

Se10

126.21 ± 5.50b

358.03 ± 41.79a

6.43 ± 0.25c

Se20

123.38 ± 9.72b

295.40 ± 60.80ab

6.58 ± 0.48c

Se30

110.21 ± 3.24c

263.40 ± 8.02c

7.28 ± 0.19b

Se40

99.51 ± 2.46c

255.58 ± 22.29c

7.99 ± 0.18a

Linear

0.0001

0.0083

0.0001

Quadratic

0.0001

0.0285

0.0001

  1. The amount of feed added in each replicate is 2500 g (65% moisture content), and the initial weight of fresh insects in each replicate is 10 g; In the same row, values with no letter or the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05), while with different small letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05), The same as below.