Potential of mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) as an alternative protein source in practical diets for African catfish, Clarias gariepinus

By W-K Ng, F-L Liew, Lee‐Ping Ang, K-W Wong. 2001

231 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Insect Science

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In Aquatic Science

1. L. Gasco
2. F. Gai
3. A. Józefiak
4. K. Dudek
5. Silvia Nogales‐Mérida
6. E. Fountoulaki
7. M. Rawski
8. Paola Gobbi

In Insect Science

1. L. Gasco
2. F. Gai
3. D. Oonincx
4. G. Piccolo
5. A. van Huis
6. A. Józefiak
7. M. Rawski
8. B. Kierończyk

Citations in the corpus

• Potential of insects as food and feed in assuring food security. (2013, background): “The yellow mealworm has been shown to be an acceptable protein source for African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) (104) and for broiler chickens (122).”
• State-of-the-art on use of insects as animal feed. (2014, methodology): “Catfish fed mealworm-based diets had significantly higher lipids in their carcass (Ng et al., 2001).”
• Mealworms for Food: A Water Footprint Perspective (2015, background): “morio, corresponding to the value of 5%–6% of the total nitrogen [29,32].”
• Tenebrio molitor meal in diets for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) juveniles: Growth performance, whole body composition and in vivo apparent digestibility (2016, background): “Similarly, Ng et al. (2001) showed good growth performances when TM meal was included up to 35% in African catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell) diets.”
• Effect of Tenebrio molitor larvae meal on growth performance, in vivo nutrients digestibility, somatic and marketable indexes of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) (2017, background): “In fish, TM was used in African catfish (Ng et al., 2001), rainbow trout (Belforti et al., 2015), and European sea bass (Gasco et al., 2016), black bullhead (Roncarati et al., 2015) with encouraging results.”
• A Review of the Scientific Literature for Optimal Conditions for Mass Rearing Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (2018, unknown): “…be used as a supplement in pig and poultry diet (Bovera and Piccolo 2015; Jin et al. 2016; Jo´zefiak et al. 2016; Ramos-Elorduy et al. 2002; van Huis 2013; Veldkamp et al. 2012) and in aquaculture (Barroso et al. 2014; Belforti M. et al. 2014; Gasco et al. 2016; Henry et al. 2015; Ng et al. 2001).”
• Conversion of organic material by black soldier fly larvae: establishing optimal feeding rates (2009, unknown): “Mealworm, Tenebrio molitor 48–58 29–38 (Ng et al. 2001; Ramos-Elorduy et al. 2002)”
• The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review (2017, background): “In contrast, common catfish (Ameiurus melas Raf.) fingerlings and African catfish, C. gariepinus, grew slower when large proportions of the fish meal were replaced (Ng et al. 2001; Roncarati et al. 2015).”