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Performances of local poultry breed fed black soldier fly larvae reared on horse manure
Moula, Nassim; Scippo, Marie-Louise; Douny, Caroline et al.
2018In Animal Nutrition, 4, p. 73-78
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Keywords :
Insect farming; chicken; local breed; growth performance; meat quality; fatty acid profile
Abstract :
[en] In poultry, feed based on maggots, like larvae of Black Soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) is an attractive option to substitute current ingredients which are expensive and often in direct or indirect competition with human food. Little information is currently available on the utility of these larvae in poultry feed, so goals of this study were to determine whether larvae could be reared on horse manure under traditional farming conditions and to evaluate the growth performances of a local poultry fed these larvae and the fatty acids profiles of their meat. After freezing and thawing, larvae were introduced in the feed of Ardennaise chickens between 30 and 80 days of age. Birds in the control group received a commercial standard feed while those in the treatment group received the same commercial feed in which 8% was substituted with whole fresh larvae corresponding to 2% on a dry matter basis. Mean ± standard errors of larval length and weight were 20.67 ± 2.21 mm and 0.14 ± 0.02 g, respectively. Mean larval percentages of dry matter and of substances extractable in diethyl ether were 24.6% and 23.1%, respectively. Larval fatty acids profiles were predominantly composed of lauric (28.1%) and palmitic (22.0%) acids. Least squares means of weekly weights of chicken, adjusted for the effects of sex, replication and initial weights, were significantly higher (P < 0.05) by 77.03 ± 53.37 g in larvae-fed than in control chickens. All the other measurements were not statistically different between larvae-fed and control chicken, including fatty acid profiles, protein content and ω6/ω3 ratio. In conclusion, the use of black soldier fly larvae in the diet of local chicken breed may be an alternative to the use of soy.
Disciplines :
Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Moula, Nassim  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Scientifiques attachés au Doyen (F MV)
Scippo, Marie-Louise  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires (DDA) > Analyse des denrées alimentaires
Douny, Caroline  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires (DDA) > Analyse des denrées alimentaires
Degand, Guy ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires (DDA) > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires (DDA)
Dawans, Edwin ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Département des productions animales (DPA)
Cabaraux, Jean-François  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Ecologie de la santé et des productions animales
Hornick, Jean-Luc  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Nutrition animale en milieu tropical
Caparros Megido, Rudy  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Gestion durable des bio-agresseurs
Leroy, Pascal ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Conseillers du Recteur
Francis, Frédéric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Gestion durable des bio-agresseurs
Detilleux, Johann ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Génétique quantitative
Language :
English
Title :
Performances of local poultry breed fed black soldier fly larvae reared on horse manure
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Animal Nutrition
ISSN :
2405-6545
Publisher :
Elsevier
Volume :
4
Pages :
73-78
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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