Insects, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(11), P. 843 - 843
Published: Oct. 28, 2024
Proteins from insect production represent an interesting (environmentally friendly) option or supplement to commercial livestock farming. At present, however, the larval stages of
Language: Английский
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 107337 - 107337
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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Discover Food, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(1)
Published: Feb. 23, 2025
Insect based feeds (entofeeds) are emerging as a promising alternative for aquaculture nutrition, offering numerous advantages over conventional feed sources. This review assesses the nutritional composition of entofeeds, highlighting their rich protein content, essential amino acid profiles, healthy lipid compositions, well micronutrients. Compared to traditional like fish meal, entofeeds have great potential in reducing reliance on marine resources while minimizing environmental impacts, including land, water, and energy use. Additionally, ability upcycle organic waste supports concept circular economy. The also explores feeding trials various species, demonstrating positive outcomes growth performance, conversion efficiency, immune health. Despite these advantages, face challenges related regulatory approvals, cost-effectiveness, consumer acceptance. identifies areas future research, optimizing formulations, scaling production, enhancing integration into sustainable practices. Ultimately, hold significant address current sustainability shaping animal feed.
Language: Английский
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Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(7), P. 1027 - 1027
Published: March 27, 2024
The agri-food industry generates substantial amounts of waste, including by-products and residues. increasing demand for sustainable eco-friendly practices in the sector has sparked an interest finding alternative uses such waste materials. One promising approach is utilization from as feed rearing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor). Since rich proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, well other bioactive compounds, all which are essential insect growth development, incorporating into diet promotes production, reducing economic environmental problems associated with disposal. This practice can also be beneficial since their nutritional value enhanced. To this end, various materials, fruit vegetable peels, spent grains, food processing residues, have been investigated potential sources, leading to increased mass lower cost, enhanced value. review aims highlight a source mealworms, enhance Furthermore, applications reared on highlighted, protein human consumption ingredients livestock aquaculture sectors.
Language: Английский
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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 268, P. 131731 - 131731
Published: April 21, 2024
In this work we have characterized and compared chitin sourced from exoskeleton of Tenebrio molitor larvae fed with polystyrene or plastic kitchen wrap combined bran in the ratio 1: 1 only bran. Analysis frass by ATR-FTIR showed very similar spectra confirmed degradation feed components, while analysis verified absence any residue. Deproteinization followed demineralization produced 6.78-5.29 % chitin, showing that (polystyrene wrap) diet resulted heavier insect exoskeleton, but yielded slightly less lowest value obtained for diet. The deacetylation degree 98.17-98.61 was determined measured spectra. XRD presence α-chitin a crystallinity index 66.5-62 crystallite size 4-5 nm. Thermogravimetric curves all samples, two steps. These results show T. contributing to significant biodegradation major polluting materials can be feasible alternative source further promoting bio-circular economy.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16, P. 101087 - 101087
Published: March 5, 2024
The livestock sector is a major component of agriculture and plays crucial role in achieving food security worldwide. Livestock production significant fulfilling future demands for products light the rising global population improving socioeconomic status people, particularly developing countries. For this, it to identify utilize novel feed resources that are less competitive with human foods. Additionally, desirable such materials contribute towards minimizing environmental footprints can assist coping undesirable consequences climate change production. Proper utilization alternative environment-friendly land-based aquatic play vital establishing sustainable efficient future. This paper highlights how sustainability within be achieved by utilizing various resources, mainly focusing on insects, marine macroalgae, freshwater plants algae. Finally, also discussed capacity building could Circular Economy through Education Research (CEER) activities.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18, P. 101330 - 101330
Published: July 29, 2024
Snails are molluscs with a muscular foot (edible organ), and their entire body is encapsulated in calcareous shell. Snail consumption popular food culture Asia selected regions of Europe. meat rich essential nutrients, particularly protein (up to 21 % on dry matter basis) several amino acids, including leucine, lysine, threonine, valine, isoleucine, also unsaturated fatty acids (>45 total fat). source various minerals, calcium magnesium. Thus, snails seem have superior quality demonstrate massive potential for utilizing them as an alternative or feed ingredient. Additionally, snail well mucus could be used bioactive health-promoting component specific health benefits humans. can play crucial role nutrient livestock, addition applications food. ingredient the form whole meal flesh diets monogastric animals, replace conventional sources protein, such soybean meal. Despite significant nutritional advantages feed, reservoirs harmful microbes, mainly zoonotic parasites, especially wild conditions. future studies needed ensure how immense exploited while minimizing microbial risks undesirable consequences humans animals.
Language: Английский
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Animals, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. 233 - 233
Published: Jan. 16, 2025
Mealworms and black soldier fly (BSF) larvae are two of the most reared insects at an industrial scale. Both may feed on by-products from agricultural food industries. Feed efficiency is one important aspects such processes varies between species substrates depends metabolic performance larvae. Compared to each other, both hold advantageous capabilities affecting their efficiency, likely depending substrate. We mealworms BSF a diverse selection industries, quantified major rates across life spans, compared performances. The type had stronger effects growth than Generally, were in terms highest maximal specific rate (0.50–0.77 day−1) assimilation (0.81–1.16 shortest development period (23–25 days) but disadvantageous maintenance cost (0.07–0.21 day−1). In mealworms, 0.02–0.11 day−1, 0.16–0.37 was least 65–93 days, while only 0.02–0.05 day−1. contrast larvae, weight dependent lowest largest individuals. combined outcome these resulted average carbon net NGE*avg 0.16–0.40 0.33–0.56 span. It thus seems that more versatile somewhat efficient converting into mealworms. Differences affected substrate conversion efficiencies (i.e., ratio gain reduced substrates) impact overall insect farming.
Language: Английский
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Meat Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 225, P. 109828 - 109828
Published: April 14, 2025
This study evaluates the effects of Tenebrio molitor meal (TMM) as an alternative to conventional plant-based (soybean meal, SBM) and animal-based (fishmeal, FM) protein sources on blood parameters, growth slaughter performance, carcass traits, meat quality feedlot lambs. A total 24 Suffolk lambs [3 months age, 21.4 ± 1.08 kg body weight (BW)] were allocated for 60 days three treatments (8 per treatment) in a completely randomized design, follows: 1- SBM at 150 g/kg dry matter (DM)], 2- FM 50 DM, 3- TMM DM. Feed intake, BW, samples collected 0, 20, 40, 60. At end trial, slaughtered evaluation assessment. The average daily gain was higher SBM-fed than TMM-fed (0.25 0.21 kg/d; P < 0.001). Plasma levels creatinine FM-fed when compared lambs, while showed intermediate values (88.72, 85.69 87.57 μmol/L, respectively; 0.05). hot cold weights (15.99 15.52 vs 18.49 18.03 kg) yields (44.31 43.02 % 46.03 44.87 %) lower group with (P dietary treatment had no effect > 0.05) pH, color, texture, water loss contents fat, protein, moisture. Further research should evaluate optimal inclusion combination avoid negative economic implications.
Language: Английский
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Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 103598 - 103598
Published: May 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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Journal of Insect Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(3)
Published: May 1, 2024
Abstract The mealworm Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) feeds on wheat bran and is considered both a pest an edible insect. Its larvae contain proteins essential amino acids, fats, minerals, making them suitable for animal human consumption. Zearalenone (ZEA) the mycotoxin most commonly associated with Fusarium spp. It found in cereals cereal products, so their consumption major risk contamination. One of important effects ZEA induction oxidative stress, which leads to physiological behavioral changes. This study deals high doses (10 20 mg/kg) survival, molting, growth, weight gain, activity antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) glutathione S-transferase (GST), locomotion larvae. Both were (i) have no effect (ii) increase molting frequency, SOD, GST activity, (iii) decrease body locomotion, more pronounced changes at mg/kg. These results indicated susceptibility T. feed.
Language: Английский
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