ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2022
Black soldier fly larvae used for environmental enrichment purposes: Can they affect the growth, slaughter performance, and blood chemistry of medium-growing chickens?
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- Processed animal proteins in poultry nutrition: nutritional value, digestibility, safety, and applications.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Review
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- Dietary inclusion of Hermetia illucens larvae meal modifies caecal microbiota diversity and composition in barbary partridges (Alectoris barbara).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Low drying temperature has negligible impact but defatting increases in vitro rumen digestibility of insect meals, with minor changes on fatty acid biohydrogenation.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Article
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- The Influence of Alternative Diets and Whole Dry Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Flight toward Sustainability in Poultry Nutrition with Black Soldier Fly Larvae.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Effects of Partial Replacement of Soybean with Local Alternative Sources on Growth, Blood Parameters, Welfare, and Economic Indicators of Local and Commercial Broilers.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review and Metanalysis on the Use ofVeterinary sciences · 2023Review
- Does the provision of live black soldier fly and yellow mealworm larvae improve Muscovy duck welfare?Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: This research has been aimed at evaluating the effects of live black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) ( Methods: A total of 240, 28-day-old, Label Rouge Naked Neck chickens were allotted to four experimental groups, according to the gender (males-females) and to the absence (control group, C) or presence (larvae group, L) of a dietary supplementation with 10% live BSFL, on the basis of the expected average daily feed intake (ADFI) (6 replicates/diet, 10 chickens/replicate). The birds were weighed weekly, and the feed consumption was recorded to calculate the average live weight, feed conversion ratio (FCR), average daily gain (ADG), and the ADFI. At 82 days of age, 2 birds/replicate (12 birds/diet) were selected and slaughtered. The blood samples were collected, and the carcass traits (carcass, breast, thigh, and organ weights and yields) were assessed. Results and discussions: Overall, the administered live BSFL did not impair the growth and slaughtering performance, or the blood traits, while the C females showed a better FCR than the treated ones (
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