Partial or total replacement of soybean oil by black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens L.) fat in broiler diets: effect on growth performances, feed-choice, blood traits, carcass characteristics…

By A. Schiavone, M. Cullere, M. De Marco, M. Meneguz, I. Biasato, S. Bergagna, D. Dezzutto, F. Gai, S. Dabbou, L. Gasco and 1 more. 2017

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Abstract The present research studied for the first time the potential application of the fat derived from the black soldier fly larvae fat (BSLF) in substitution to the soybean oil in the diet for broiler chickens: growth performances, feed-choice, blood traits, carcass characteristics and meat quality were considered in this study. A total of 150 male broiler chicks (Ross 308) at one-day of age were randomly allotted to 3 dietary treatments (5 replicates and 10 birds/pen): a basal control diet (C group), and the same diet in which the soybean oil was replaced by 50% (CH group) or 100% (H group) BSLF. Growth performances, feed-choice test, blood traits and slaughtering performances were not influenced by diets. Independently of BSLF inclusion, broiler chickens breast meat had also similar crude protein and ether extract contents and displayed similar thawing loss. Furthermore, pH, L*, a*, b* colour values, and drip loss were unaffected by dietary treatments both at 0 and 9 days of refrigerated storage. As expected, the fatty acid profile of broiler chickens breast was greatly affected by BSLF inclusion level. With increasing BSLF inclusion rate, the proportion of SFA increased (32.2, 37.8, 43.5% for C, CH and H breast meat, respectively, p < .001) to the detriment of the PUFA fraction (22.7, 23.0, 22.9% for C, CH and H breast meat, respectively, p < .001). On the contrary, MUFA fraction was unaffected. BSLF inclusion guaranteed satisfactory productive performances, carcass traits and overall meat quality, thus suggesting that BSLF could be a promising new feed ingredient for chickens.

Subfields: Insect Science, Social Psychology

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Opportunities and hurdles of edible insects for food and feed (2017, background): “Replacement of soya bean oil with black soldier fly larvae has been shown to have no influence on growth or performance of broiler chickens, suggesting it is a viable alternative (Schiavone et al. 2017).”
Effects of yellow mealworm larvae ( Tenebrio molitor ) inclusion in diets for female broiler chickens: implications for animal health and gut histology (2017, background): “In particular, Tenebrio molitor (TM) and Hermetia illucens have recently been used in poultry (Biasato et al., 2016; Bovera et al., 2016; Schiavone et al., 2017a) and fish (Belforti et al., 2015; Gasco et al., 2016; Renna et al., 2017) feeding.”
Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Meal as a Promising Feed Ingredient for Poultry: A Comprehensive Review (2020, unknown): “Moreover, the ratio of n-6/n-3 increased [163,164].”
Review of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) as Animal Feed and Human Food (2017, background): “” [81] BSFL supplementation (50%) or total replacement of soybean cake in the diets of laying hens had no impact on hen health or performance and little to no effect on the eggs themselves [82].”
Insect meals in fish nutrition (2018, background): “Schiavone et al. (2017) reported the lowest Cys values in HI larvae meal, and Pieterse and Pretorius (2014) reported the lowest values in MD larvae meal.”