Aquaculture Science and Management

Table 7 Survival rate and economic conversion ratio O. niloticus larvae fed with the experimental diets

From: Complete substitution of fish meal with black soldier flies Hermetia illucens (L. 1758) larvae meal at varying incorporation rates for feeding Oreochromis niloticus raised in captivity

Parameters	TR	T0	T40	T50	T60
SR (%)	96.66 ± 1.76^ab	92.66 ± 3.52^a	98.00 ± 1.15^ab	100.00 ± 0.00^b	98.00 ± 1.15^ab
ECR	3.67 ± 0.18^b	6.26 ± 0.21^c	5.23 ± 0.19^d	2.42 ± 0.17^a	1.62 ± 0.09^a

^abcThe values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. The values of the same line with a common letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05)

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