ArticleTranslational animal science2022
Immunomodulatory potential of black soldier fly larvae: applications beyond nutrition in animal feeding programs.
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- Mycotoxin Occurrence and Microbiological Quality of Maize Silage Supplemented with Insect Meals for Potential Use in Waterfowl Nutrition.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
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- Effects of dietary black soldier fly larvae meal inclusion on the serum metabolome of Silkie crossbreed chickens.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Effect of dietary inclusion of gamma-ray irradiated black soldier fly larvae or grasshopper on blood metabolites and immunity in broiler chickens.Poultry science · 2025Article
- Harnessing Edible Insect Bioactives for Gut Health: A Comprehensive Review on Chitin-Derived Prebiotics and Peptidomic Insights from the Black Soldier Fly.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- From Waste to Functional Feed Ingredient: Biochemical and SHK-1 Cell Line Evaluation of Black Soldier Fly Larvae for Aquaculture Nutrition.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Potential health benefits of insect bioactive metabolites and consumer attitudes towards edible insects.NPJ science of food · 2025Review
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- 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
- Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Extracted from Black Soldier Fly (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Effects of black soldier fly larvae on the fecal characteristics, skin and coat health markers, immune function, and oral health measures of healthy adult cats.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- From Plant By-Products to Insects to Shrimp: A Pathway to Sustainable Aquaculture Feed in a Circular Economy.Aquaculture nutrition · 2025Article
- Antibacterial peptides from black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: mode of action and characterization.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Unlocking the Potential of Substrate Quality for the Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Black Soldier Fly against Pathogens.ACS omega · 2024Article
- Flight toward Sustainability in Poultry Nutrition with Black Soldier Fly Larvae.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Antimicrobial activity of lipids extracted from Hermetia illucens reared on different substrates.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review and Metanalysis on the Use ofVeterinary sciences · 2023Review
- An attacin antimicrobial peptide, Hill_BB_C10074, from Hermetia illucens with anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa activity.BMC microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Insect-derived ingredients, including whole larvae, protein-rich meal, and oil, have been extensively studied in recent years and shown to be a sustainable source of quality nutrition for virtually all animal species and life stages. In addition to the ability to use these ingredients as a source of essential nutrition, more recent research has demonstrated the potential for the immunomodulatory activity of various components of insect-derived ingredients. For all insects studied, antimicrobial peptides make up a critical part of the insects' innate immune system and these peptides have antimicrobial efficacy when purified from hemolymph and tested in vitro. From black soldier fly larvae, in particular, lauric acid is a predominant fatty acid deposited into the insect, and lauric acid also has potential antimicrobial activity in vitro and in vivo. Finally, the chitin and chitosan components of the insect exoskeleton may modulate microbial activity in a variety of ways. In companion animals, poultry, and livestock species, insect-derived ingredients have shown the potential to reduce the impact of actual or simulated disease challenge on several parameters of animal health and well-being. This review describes the current state of knowledge of the immunomodulatory potential of insect-derived ingredients.
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