ArticlePoultry science2020
Black soldier fly larvae oil as an alternative fat source in broiler nutrition.
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- Evaluation of the jejunal microbiota and microbial markers in laying hens fed diets with black soldier fly larval fat as a partial or total replacement for soybean oil.Poultry science · 2026Article
- Effects of Cereal Byproducts on Antioxidant Capacity of Black Soldier Fly Oil.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Effects of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) maggots oil on breeding hens, chicks' quality, and representative epigenetic gene expression.Poultry science · 2026Article
- Effects of phytogenic feed additive on growth performance, gut health, and antioxidant capacity in broiler chickens challenged with pathogenic Eimeria tenella.Poultry science · 2026Article
- Effect of phase-specific dietary black soldier fly larvae supplementation on growth performance and blood biochemical indices of local breed F2 meat roosters.Poultry science · 2026Article
- Effects of Black Soldier Fly Larvae as Replacement of Soybean Meal on the Performance, Meat Quality, and Health Status in Broilers.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Ruminal biohydrogenation and microbial lipids in dairy cows supplemented with fractionated palm oil or Hermetia illucens oil.Journal of animal science · 2026Article
- Effects of dietary black soldier fly larvae meal inclusion on the serum metabolome of Silkie crossbreed chickens.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Antibacterial and antioxidant potentials of larval extract of black soldier fly,Biotechnologia · 2026Article
- Black soldier fly larval oil as a renewable substrate for tailored PHA production.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Insect fat as feed: Potential to modify the fatty acid composition of animal-derived foods.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2025Review
- Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Novel Protein Feed Resource Promoting Circular Economy in Agriculture.Insects · 2025Review
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- Insect Lipids as Novel Source for Future Applications: Chemical Composition and Industry Applications-A Comprehensive Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Hermetia illucens oil vs. hydrogenated palm fat in dairy cow nutrition: effects on digestive parameters, oxidative stress, and milk production performance.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Insect fat influences broiler performance, meat quality, and the cecal microbiota similarly to plant oils rather than animal fats.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dietary Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal and Its Impact on the Growth Performance and Gut Health of Broilers Under an Intestinal Challenge.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Impact of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Oil on Immunometabolic Processes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Substitution of Poultry Fat with Black Soldier Fly (Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate growth performance, carcass characteristics, short-chain fatty acids, fatty acid composition in abdominal fat, and serum parameters in broiler chickens fed diets containing corn oil, coconut oil, or black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) oil at the level of 50 g per kg of diet during the 30-day-feeding period. A total 450 one-day-old male broiler chicks (Ross 308) were randomly allocated to one of 3 dietary groups. Each treatment had 10 replicates with 15 chicks per replicate. Feed conversion ratio was decreased in the coconut and BSFL oil group compared with the corn oil group. Dietary BSFL oil increased ileal weight-to-length ratio at day 30 after hatch. Dietary BSFL oil increased significantly ileal branched-chain fatty acid (P < 0.05) and moderately total short-chain fatty acid in 15-day-old broilers (P = 0.074). At day 30, ileal propionate was highest in the coconut oil group but cecal propionate was highest (P < 0.05) in the BSFL oil group. Fatty acid composition of abdominal fat was affected by dietary fat sources. Especially, chickens fed diets containing coconut oil or BSFL oil had higher contents (P < 0.05) of saturated fatty acid being dominant in lauric and myristic acids compared with those fed on corn oil. On the other hand, the reverse trend was noted (P < 0.05) as to polyunsaturated fatty acids being dominant in corn oil compared with coconut oil and BSFL oil. Coconut oil vs. corn oil significantly increased total and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Finally, BSFL oil vs. corn oil significantly increased total antioxidant capacity in chickens. It is concluded that dietary BSFL oil improves feed conversion ratio and increases the incorporation of medium-chain fatty acids into abdominal fat pad and serum antioxidant capacity in broiler chickens.
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