ArticleTropical animal health and production2017
Impact of black soldier fly larval meal on growth performance, apparent digestibility, haematological and blood chemistry indices of guinea fowl starter keets under tropical conditions.
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- Effects of BSFL on growing-finishing pigs in growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood profiles, and gas emission.Journal of animal science and technology · 2026Article
- Effects of Dietary Black Soldier Fly Larvae on Production Performance and Cecal Microbiota of Yunshang Countryside Chickens.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Black soldier fly larvae in broiler diets improve broiler performance and modulate the immune system.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2021Article
- Effect of Dietary Replacement of Fishmeal by Insect Meal on Growth Performance, Blood Profiles and Economics of Growing Pigs in Kenya.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019Article
- A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Insects in Feed on Poultry Growth Performances.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019Article
- Effects of replacing fishmeal with black soldier fly larval meal in the diets of grower-finishing guinea fowls reared under tropical conditions.Tropical animal health and production · 2018Article
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Abstract
In order to assess the impact of larval meal on guinea fowl, six iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous diets were fed to day-old-keets ad libitum till 8 weeks of age. Water was also freely provided. The fishmeal (FM) component of the experimental diets was replaced with black soldier fly larval meal (BSFLM) in the following percentage ratios of 0-100%. Results showed that body weight gain significantly (P < 0.05) increased in all the BSFLM treatment groups compared to the control group. The final body weight of the birds at age 8 weeks differed significantly (P < 0.001). Dry matter intake varied (P < 0.001) slightly among the birds but never affected (P > 0.05) ME intake and faecal output as well as weight changes of the keets. Digestibility of dry matter and energy were not affected (P > 0.05) by the differences in diet. Organ and haematopoietic integrity were assured regardless of the protein types used as well as levels of inclusion. The results suggest that the replacement of fishmeal with BSFLM in so far as the economics of production is concerned could result in reduced feed cost for starter guinea keet judging from diets that contained 60-100% BSFLM.
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