ArticleScientific reports2021
Local intestinal microbiota response and systemic effects of feeding black soldier fly larvae to replace soybean meal in growing pigs.
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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
- Integrated Assessment of the Functional Activity of the Gut Environment and Metabolic Profiles in Rats Fed an Insect-Based (International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Effects of graded dietary black soldier fly larvae powder inclusion on semen quality and serum biochemical indices of Luxi game breeder roosters.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Article
- Dynamics of enzyme and metabolic profile of broilers fed black soldier fly (Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026Article
- A manually curated pig gut microbiome dataset for precision feeding.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Methanogenic activities signatures in broilers fed black soldier fly (Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026Article
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- Dietary supplementation of zinc oxide modulates intestinal functionality during the post-weaning period in clinically healthy piglets.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Effects of meal processing of black soldier fly on standardized amino acids digestibility in pigs.Journal of animal science and technology · 2023Article
- Gut microbiota changes in insect-fed monogastric species: state-of-the-art and future perspectives.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2023Article
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- Evaluation of standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids and metabolic availability of methionine, using the indicator amino acid oxidation method, in black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) meal fed to growing pigs.Journal of animal science · 2023Article
- Partial replacement of soybean meal with full-fat black soldier fly larvae meal in plant-based nursery diets did not influence fecalTranslational animal science · 2023Article
- Insect as feed ingredients for pigs.Animal bioscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens; BSF) larvae as dietary protein source have the ability to deliver nutrients and could possess functional properties that positively support animal productivity and health. More knowledge, however, is needed to assess the impact of feeding a BSF based diet on gut and animal health. Sixteen post-weaned male pigs were randomly assigned to two groups and fed for three weeks with iso-caloric and iso-proteinaceous experimental diets prepared with either soybean meal (SBM) as reference protein source or with BSF as single source of dietary protein. At the end of the trial, the pigs were sacrificed to collect relevant digesta, gut tissue and blood samples to study changes induced by the dietary treatments using ~ omics based analyses. Inclusion of BSF in the diet supports the development of the intestinal microbiome that could positively influence intestinal health. By amine metabolite analysis, we identified two metabolites i.e. sarcosine and methionine sulfoxide, in plasma that serve as markers for the ingestion of insect based ingredients. BSF seems to possess functional properties indicated by the appearance of alpha-aminobutyric acid and taurine in blood plasma of pigs that are known to induce health beneficial effects.
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