ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Can Insect Meal Replace Fishmeal? A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Black Soldier Fly on Fish Growth Performances and Nutritional Values.
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- Effects of Fishmeal Replacement with Insect Meals on Growth Performance in Non-Fish Aquatic Animals: A Meta-Analysis.Insects · 2026Article
- Optimizing Feeding Regimens with Differential Protein Levels to Enhance Growth and Health in Juvenile Largemouth Bass (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Growth and Physiological Responses of Siberian Sturgeon (Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Effects of Black Soldier Fly (Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Common soluble carbohydrates affect the growth, survival, and fatty acid profile of black soldier fly larvae Hermetia illucens (Stratiomyidae).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Assessing the Socio-Economic Benefits and Costs of Insect Meal as a Fishmeal Substitute in Livestock and Aquaculture.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Effect of fatty acid-enriched black soldier fly larvae meal combined with chitinase on the metabolic processes of Nile tilapia.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Effects of Dietary Plant Protein Replacement with Insect and Poultry By-Product Meals on the Liver Health and Serum Metabolites of Sea Bream (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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- Dietary L-Lysine Requirement of Coho Salmon (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- First Insights on the Administration of Insect Oil (Black Soldier Fly Larvae) in the Diet of JuvenileAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- The future is crawling: Evaluating the potential of insects for food and feed security.Current research in food science · 2023Review
- Improvements in Performance of Nursery Pigs Provided with Supplemental Oil Derived from Black Soldier Fly (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
The search for quality alternatives to fishmeal and fish oil in the fish feed industry has occupied many researchers worldwide. The use of black soldier fly meal (BSFM) as a substitute has increased. This study evaluated the effect of this substitution on fish growth and nutritional quality through a meta-analysis of the literature. A list of studies was selected after an exhaustive literature search followed by the extraction of growth and nutritional parameters. Two random-effects models were used to estimate the differences between the experimental parameters and the controls. The results showed significant heterogeneity between studies for all parameters. The sources of heterogeneity between studies were mainly fish species and protein substitution rate. High substitutions can be considered without necessarily worrying about an adverse effect. Financial profitability studies of the fish production chain from BSFM should be carried out to validate or invalidate the economic viability of this substitution.
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