ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2026
Nutritional Evaluation of Housefly Larvae Meal in Broilers: Growth Performance, Gut Health, Metabolic Energy, and Microbiota Composition.
Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Poultry production faces considerable challenges in terms of feed costs and sustainability, particularly regarding conventional protein sources such as fish meal (FM). Insect-based proteins, such as housefly larvae (HL) meal, offer sustainable alternatives. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of HL on growth, gut health, metabolizable energy, and gut microbiota of broilers to clarify the availability of HL meal for broiler diet. Experiment 1 was performed to investigate the effects of replacing FM with HL on growth performance, intestinal morphology, cecal short-chain fatty acids, and gut microbiota composition and diversity in male broilers. Experiment 2 was performed to assess the digestibility of broiler diets containing HL. HL addition effectively maintained growth and improved intestinal morphology. Blood analysis revealed that HL addition reduced TNF-α levels and improved protein utilization. Additionally, HL substitution induced significant changes in the gut microbiota community and metabolic pathways. In conclusion, HL are a viable alternative to FM with adequate energy content and beneficial effects on gut health, supporting their use as a sustainable protein source.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.