ArticleTropical animal health and production2022
Defatted silkworm pupae meal as an alternative protein source for cattle.
Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Are Insects a Feasible Option or Just a Hyped Promise in Ruminant Nutrition? A Systematic Review of What Has Been Done and What Lies Ahead.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Pooled it
- Potential uses of silkworm pupae (Frontiers in insect science · 2024Pooled it
- Cutting-edge exploration of insect utilization in ruminant nutrition-feature and future: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Pooled it
- Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) pupae meal supplementation: Effect on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and economic efficiency in rabbits.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Article
- Selenium Treatment Alleviates the Inhibition Caused by Nep-L Gene Knockdown in Silkworm (Bombyx mori).Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Review
- Are insects a solution for feeding ruminants? Legislation, scientific evidence, and future challenges.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2023Article
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Abstract
Silkworm pupae meal (SWP) is a protein-rich by-product of the silk reeling industry, available in a significant quantity. However, there has been little and insignificant research into the use of SWP in ruminants to date. In this view, the present study was conducted in two phases to evaluate the effect of different inclusion levels of defatted silkworm pupae meal (DSWP) on rumen fermentation, microbial protein synthesis and nutrient utilisation in cattle fed on finger millet straw (FMS)-based diet. Four isonitrogenous concentrate mixtures (CM) were prepared with DSWP replacing soybean meal (SBM) protein at 0 (T0), 10 (T1), 20 (T2) and 30% (T3). In phase I, a rumen fermentation experiment was conducted in a 4 × 4 Latin square design using four crossbred steers to study the effect of different levels of DSWP on rumen fermentation. No significant difference (P > 0.05) was observed in rumen fermentation parameters such as pH, ammonia nitrogen (NH
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