From agricultural waste to chicken feed using insect-based technology

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 3 Physicochemical characteristics and recycling parameters of cocoa pod subjected to five different treatments

Parameters	C100:T0	C95:T5	C90:T10	C85:T15	C80:T20	SEM	p
Physicochemical parameters
T (℃)	26.65_c	26.67_c	26.97_c	27.07_b	27.75_b	1.16	< 0.05
H (%)	59.20_c	59.06_c	59.92_b	59.93_b	60.08_a	0.49	< 0.05
pH	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	0	–
Recycling parameters
LB (g)	7.84_d	8.17_c	9.39_c	7.99_c	11.49_b	22.08	< 0.05
WR (%)	40.44_d	53.2_bc	67.14_b	73.44_a	48.93_c	14.98	< 0.05
BR (%)	11.77_c	10.13_c	15.71_b	8.00_d	17.2_b	10.78	< 0.05
WCE (%)	29.14_c	19.13_de	23.38_d	10.89_e	35.14_b	17.004	< 0.05

Means are based on three replications and values followed by different lowercase letter are significantly different among treatments (P < 0.05)
T temperature, H humidity, pH potential hydrogen, LB larval biomass, WR waste reduction rate, BR bioconversion rate, WCE waste conversion efficiency, SEM standard error of mean, p probability