Morphological and Genetic Evidence for the Synonymy ofReticulitermesSpecies:Reticulitermes dichrousandReticulitermes guangzhouensis(Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Ke, Yongjian; Wu, Wenjing; Zhang, Shijun; Li, Zhiqiang

doi:10.1653/024.100.0115

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“…The study findings show no significant difference (p = 0.813) in the feed conversion ratio (FCR) of the three groups, meaning the null hypothesis is accepted: termite supplementation does not enhance FCR in IC. Results concur with a study by Ke et al (2017), which reveals that the inclusion of termites in poultry feed does not result in a significant difference in FCR. The FCR values were lowest in chicken on diet T3 (9.28±8.09) containing termite supplementation and highest in T1 (10.70±10.29) without termite supplementation.…”

Section: Feed-to-meat Conversion Efficiency Of Ic On Diet Supplemente...supporting

confidence: 89%

“…The results concur with a study in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which revealed that the use of 12% of termites Kalotermes flavicollis provided significant outcomes regarding weight gain (Mutungi et al, 2017). Despite the study using different species and portions of termites, research reveals that Macrotermes bellicosus and Kalotermes flavicollis are of high quality with interspecies specificity (Ke et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 82%

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Growth Performance and Feed Conversion Efficiency of Indigenous Chicken Fed on Diet Supplemented with Termites (Macrotermes bellicosus)

Susan

Ouma²,

Lukuyu³

et al. 2023

East Afr. j. agric. biotechnol.

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In view of the emerging challenges of climate change and population growth, the need to ensure consumer health safety among other factors is paramount; this practice has not been standardised, and the health risks and impacts on the environment arising from the practice are not known. While the global consumption of chicken products especially chicken meat drastically increased over the years and the trend is expected to continue. Much of the increase in demand is in the developing countries coupled with demand for the four traditional feed ingredients; maise meal, soya bean meal, fish meal, and meat meal. In all three poultry production systems that are extensive, semi-intensive and intensive, a wide range of alternative feedstuffs should be available for use. Expanding populations will create greater demand for chicken products, and the importance of feed industry resources and production systems will increase. This therefore calls for a need to enhance efforts towards increased chicken productivity. This study, therefore, evaluated the growth performance, feed conversion efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of feed supplementation termite Macrotermes bellicosus for indigenous chicken diets. Three groups of twenty IC were placed on diets comprising prepared feeds with different termite inclusion levels (0%, 2.5% and 5%) for each group for six weeks. Results reveal that the termite supplementation provides high crude protein content (43.36%), which leads to enhanced weight gain but no significant differences in the FCR of ICs compared to conventional feeds. Supplementation at different levels offers varying outcomes regarding feed intake: IC on a diet T3 had a lower feed intake compared to T2 but registered higher FBW and SGR. The use of termites contributes to smallholder farms’ food security by providing a cheaper alternative to commercial poultry feeds; and also increases the market value of IC, thus, increasing the profitability of IC production

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Section: Feed-to-meat Conversion Efficiency Of Ic On Diet Supplemente...supporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Weight Gain Of Indigenous Chicken In Relation To Termite-sup...supporting

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Growth Performance and Feed Conversion Efficiency of Indigenous Chicken Fed on Diet Supplemented with Termites (Macrotermes bellicosus)

Susan

Ouma²,

Lukuyu³

et al. 2023

East Afr. j. agric. biotechnol.

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“…parvus , P. sjostedti , R. santonensis , R. grassei, P. holmgreni , T. trinervoides , T. togoensis , T. trinervius ) morphological identification did not match with molecular identification. Most probable explication is the morphological misidentifications that we made due to close anatomical similarities among species from Reticulitermes and Trinervitermes genera 33 , 34 . On the other hand, this discrepancy between our morphological and molecular identification would be due to the updating of the systematics of the termites with a change in the name of the genus as in the case of the genus Cubitermes changed to Nitiditermes 35 , 36 or by the lack of reference sequence of some species in the GenBank database, as in the case of the species M. ivorensis and P. holmgreni , which is one of the limitations of the molecular method 21 .…”

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Use of the proteomic tool MALDI-TOF MS in termite identification

Hasnaoui

Diarra

Bérenger

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has proved effective for the identification of many arthropods. A total of 432 termite specimens were collected in Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, Switzerland and France. Morphologically, 22 species were identified, including Ancistrotermes cavithorax, Amitermes evuncifer, Cryptotermes brevis, Cubitermes orthognathus, Kalotermes flavicollis, Macrotermes bellicosus, Macrotermes herus, Macrotermes ivorensis, Macrotermes subhyalinus, Microcerotermes parvus, Microtermes sp., Odontotermes latericius, Procubitermes sjostedti, Promirotermes holmgreni, Reticulitermes grassei, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Reticulitermes santonensis, Trinervitermes geminatus, Trinervitermes occidentalis, Trinervitermes togoensis, Trinervitermes sp., Trinervitermes trinervoides and Trinervitermes trinervius. Analysis of MALDI-TOF MS spectra profiles from termites revealed that all were of high quality, with intra-species reproducibility and inter-species specificity. Blind testing of the spectra of 389 termites against our updated database with the spectra of 43 specimens of different termite species revealed that all were correctly identified with log score values (LSVs) ranging from 1.65 to 2.851, mean 2.290 ± 0.225, median 2.299, and 98.4% (383) had LSVs > 1.8. This study is the first on the use of MALDI-TOF for termite identification and shows its importance as a tool for arthropod taxonomy and reinforces the idea that MALDI-TOF MS is a promising tool in the field of entomology.

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Synonymy of soil-feeding termites Pseudocapritermes sowerbyi and Pseudocapritermes largus, with evidence from morphology and genetics

Xuan

Dai

et al. 2021

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

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Morphological and Genetic Evidence for the Synonymy ofReticulitermesSpecies:Reticulitermes dichrousandReticulitermes guangzhouensis(Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Growth Performance and Feed Conversion Efficiency of Indigenous Chicken Fed on Diet Supplemented with Termites (Macrotermes bellicosus)

Growth Performance and Feed Conversion Efficiency of Indigenous Chicken Fed on Diet Supplemented with Termites (Macrotermes bellicosus)

Use of the proteomic tool MALDI-TOF MS in termite identification

Synonymy of soil-feeding termites Pseudocapritermes sowerbyi and Pseudocapritermes largus, with evidence from morphology and genetics

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