Amino acid digestibility of larval meal (Musca domestica) for broiler chickens

Hall, Heidi; O’Neill, H. V. Masey; Scholey, Dawn; Burton, Emily; Dickinson, Mike; Fitches, Elaine

doi:10.3382/ps/pex433

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“…() and Hall et al . () reported Lys values that were higher in insect meal than those found in FM. These results show the great variability that different insect meals generally possess.…”

Section: Amino Acids: Indispensable Amino Acid (Iaa) Contents and Digmentioning

confidence: 87%

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Insect meals in fish nutrition

Nogales‐Mérida¹,

Gobbi²,

Józefiak

et al. 2018

Reviews in Aquaculture

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Different studies have shown that insect meals can partially or completely replace the fish and soya bean meals that are commonly used in aquaculture. However, information is lacking on the amino acid and fatty acid contents and digestibility of different insect meals. Moreover, we evaluated different proportions of insect diets and determined how these affected the nutritional values of insect meals. Our purpose was to clarify these aspects and consider the availability of protein, amino acids, lipids and fatty acids in insect meals in fish nutrition. Generally, insect meals have higher indispensable amino acid contents than other meal types, with contents closely related to those in fish meal. Insect meal can be an important source of essential amino acids such as methionine, with contents ranging between 0.47 and 4.03 g 100 g À1 sample. These values are higher than those reported for other animal and plant meals. In addition, insects are also good sources of lipids and fatty acids, and the amounts and types of fatty acids vary according to the species, stage of development and type of feed. Moreover, the additional nutritional value of insect meal includes compounds such as chitin, which is primarily considered a fibre but also contains nitrogen and amino acids. Insect peptides with activity against pathogenic microflora provide secondary biological effects, which may significantly improve animal health.

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“…() and Hall et al . () reported Lys values that were higher in insect meal than those found in FM. These results show the great variability that different insect meals generally possess.…”

Section: Amino Acids: Indispensable Amino Acid (Iaa) Contents and Digmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…However, the highest value was observed in MD larvae fed chicken manure (Hall et al . ). The digestibility of Cys was reported by only two authors, and the values ranged from 87% to 91.1% (Table ).…”

Section: Dispensable Amino Acidsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Insect meals in fish nutrition

Nogales‐Mérida¹,

Gobbi²,

Józefiak

et al. 2018

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“…Regarding its nutritional value, some studies have investigated amino acid profile, fatty acid content, nutrient digestibility, and health benefits of this alternative protein ingredient and demonstrated promising results, but the information is still limited and additional research is under development [16][17][18][19][20]. In order to provide new useful and accurate information on TM meal in practical diets for poultry, this study aimed to determine whether chickens display a preference for TM meal when offered simultaneously to corn, extruded semi-whole soybean, and supplement mixture, in a cafeteria-type trial, by evaluating ingredient acceptability and birds' performance during the period from 14 to 32 days of age.…”

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Cafeteria-Type Feeding of Chickens Indicates a Preference for Insect (Tenebrio molitor) Larvae Meal

Filho

Pereira

Oliveira

et al. 2020

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This study aimed to determine whether broiler chickens display a preference for Tenebrio molitor larvae (TM) meal by evaluating ingredient acceptability and birds’ performance. Sixty 14-day-old male chickens were assigned into two treatment groups (5 birds/pen, n = 6) in a cafeteria-type study: the control (C) group, and the TM group. Each pen was equipped with one bell drinker and four through feeders allocated side by side; all feeders of the C group contained a complete standard diet whereas each feeder of the TM group contained one of the following ingredients: ground corn, extruded semi-whole soybean, vitamin-mineral supplement mixture, and TM meal. Feed intake was recorded daily and growth was monitored periodically up to day 32. Chickens which had access to individual feed components showed a delay to display preference for TM, but consumed, overall, up to 50% of the total intake as TM meal. Feed intake and growth performance were lower in all periods for TM group (p < 0.02), whereas feed conversion ratio was improved on days 22–28 and days 29–32 of age (p < 0.01). Data from bivariate and multidimensional analysis indicate that birds started to reach a balance of ingredient intake at 25 days of age, showing a high correlation between consumption of each ingredient and the day of the experiment. Chickens exhibited a preference for T. molitor meal, resulting in improved feed efficiency, which allows us to conclude that it can be a suitable feed alternative for poultry.

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“…Researchers have recently been evaluating the use of insects in animal feeding, and they have highlighted that insects could be used as a partial or total substitute for the currently used protein sources. The most promising species are Hermetia illucens (HI) [9–12], Musca domestica [13, 14] and Tenebrio molitor (TM) [15–18]. Thanks to the favourable nutrient composition of HI, in terms of protein content (37–63%), amino acid profile, fat content (7–39%) and other macro- and micronutrients, it could be considered a valuable alternative to common protein sources, such as soybean meal (SBM) [19].…”

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Nutritional effects of the dietary inclusion of partially defatted Hermetia illucens larva meal in Muscovy duck

Gariglio

Dabbou

Biasato

et al. 2019

J Animal Sci Biotechnol

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Background The present work is aimed at evaluating the effect of different inclusion levels of a partially defatted black soldier fly ( Hermetia illucens , L.; HI) larva meal for ducks. A total of 192 female 3-day-old Muscovy ducklings ( Cairina moschata domestica , Canedins R71 L White, Grimaud Freres Selection, France) were divided into 4 groups, assigned 4 different dietary treatments (6 replicates/treatment and 8 birds/replicate) and reared from 3 to 50 days of age. HI larva meal was included at increasing levels (0, 3%, 6% and 9%, HI0, HI3, HI6 and HI9, respectively) in isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets formulated for 3 feeding phases: starter (3–17 days of age), grower (18–38 days of age) and finisher (39–50 days of age). The growth performance and apparent total tract digestibility were evaluated during the trial using titanium dioxide as an inert marker (0.3% of inclusion). At 51 days of age, two birds per pen were slaughtered and histomorphological investigations were performed. Results The live weight and average daily gain showed a quadratic response to increasing HI meal in the grower period (minimum corresponding to the HI6 group). No effects of dietary inclusion levels were observed for the daily feed intake or feed conversion ratio. The apparent dry matter and organic matter digestibility were not affected by the dietary treatment. A linear decrease was observed for the crude protein apparent digestibility in the starter period (minimum for the HI9 groups). The ether extract apparent digestibility increased linearly during the grower and finisher periods (minimum for the HI0 group). The morphometric indices were not influenced by the dietary treatments. Conclusions The inclusion of up to 9% of HI partially defatted larva meal in the diet of ducks did not cause any effect on growth performance, as well as the apparent digestibility. Moreover, dietary HI inclusion preserved the physiological intestinal development.

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Amino acid digestibility of larval meal (Musca domestica) for broiler chickens

Cited by 43 publications

References 32 publications

Insect meals in fish nutrition

Insect meals in fish nutrition

Cafeteria-Type Feeding of Chickens Indicates a Preference for Insect (Tenebrio molitor) Larvae Meal

Nutritional effects of the dietary inclusion of partially defatted Hermetia illucens larva meal in Muscovy duck

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