Rosa Loponte

TL;DR: The aims of this study were to evaluate the correlation between in vitro crude protein digestibility coefficients of insect meals from Tenebrio molitor and Hermetia illucens and their chemical composition traits as well as to develop regression equations able to estimate the in vitro oil digestibility (CPd) from proximate analysis of insect meal samples.

TL;DR: The general evaluation of the results demonstrates that Tenebrio molitor larvae meal can replace fish meal up to 25% of inclusion in the diet for Sparus aurata without negative effects on weight gain, crude protein and ether extract digestibility, marketable indexes after 163 days of feeding.

TL;DR: Larvae meal from larvae can be a suitable alternative protein source for growing broilers and also when used as principal protein contributor to the diet, as well as being important for marketing purposes.

TL;DR: The lowest albumin-to-globulin ratio in broilers fed on TML suggests a higher immune response, probably due to the prebiotic effects of chitin, and the FCR of the TML group was more favourable than that of the SBM group.

TL;DR: Hermetia illucens larvae meal can be a suitable alternative protein source for laying hens even if the complete replacement of soybean meal needs further investigation to avoid the negative effects on feed intake.