REVIEW ARTICLE
Nutritional Evaluation of Insect’s Pupae-Larvae and its Utilization in Poultry Compound Feed
Dawit M. Zegeye1, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 14
First Page: 1
Last Page: 8
Publisher ID: TOASJ-14-1
DOI: 10.2174/1874331502014010001
Article History:
Received Date: 21/02/2019Revision Received Date: 23/12/2019
Acceptance Date: 31/12/2019
Electronic publication date: 13/02/2020
Collection year: 2020
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Abstract
This paper is aimed to review the nutritional evaluation of insect’s pupae-larvae and its utilization in poultry compound feed, using an appropriate keyword search in agricultural and biological science. The paper surveys previous studies on the nutrient composition of insect’s pupae-larvae and its utilization in poultry compound feed. The literature review shows that most of the insect species have higher nutritional values and amino acid profiles than the regularly used feed such as fishmeal and soybean meal. In addition, studies find that the broiler chicken quality is not affected or even improved in some scenarios when insect-based feed substitutes the conventional feed by 10% - 100%. However, the growth performance of laying chickens is limited using the insect-based feed.