Table 6. Effects of dried Tenebrio molitor larvae supplementation replacing fish meal in the diet on immune response and fecal score of weanling pigs1)

Items CON TM1 TM2 SEM p-value
Phase 1 (d 14)
 IL-1β (pg/mL) 14.10 14.27 14.23 0.64 0.980
 TNF-α (pg/mL) 123.14 112.85 121.79 14.08 0.855
 IL-6 (pg/mL) 5.05 2.34 3.94 0.72 0.052
Phase 2 (d 28)
 IL-1β (pg/mL) 10.53 9.30 10.29 2.08 0.906
 TNF-α (pg/mL) 161.36 140.20 150.49 14.82 0.611
 IL-6 (pg/mL) 3.35 2.63 3.47 0.91 0.782
Data represent means based on six replicates per treatment.
CON, control; TM, Tenebrio molitor larvae; SEM, standard error of mean; IL, interleukin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.