State-of-the-art on use of insects as animal feed

HPS Makkar, G Tran, V Heuzé, P Ankers - Animal feed science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract A 60–70% increase in consumption of animal products is expected by 2050. This
increase in the consumption will demand enormous resources, the feed being the most …

Postharvest processes of edible insects in Africa: A review of processing methods, and the implications for nutrition, safety and new products development

C Mutungi, FG Irungu, J Nduko, F Mutua… - Critical Reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In many African cultures, insects are part of the diet of humans and domesticated animals.
Compared to conventional food and feed sources, insects have been associated with a low …

Insects in fish diets

G Tran, V Heuzé, HPS Makkar - Animal frontiers, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Since the 1990s, the rising demand for fish products has been met by aquaculture rather
than by capture fishery. Fish meal is the main component of many fish diets due to its …

Digestibility of insect meals for Nile tilapia fingerlings

TV Fontes, KRB de Oliveira, IL Gomes Almeida… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Insects can be a source of nutrients for aquatic organisms, replacing
scarce or unsustainable foods. The diversity of insect species contributes to their variable …

The effect of dietary cricket meal (Gryllus bimaculatus) on growth performance, antioxidant enzyme activities, and haematological response of African catfish (Clarias …

NM Taufek, F Aspani, H Muin, AA Raji… - Fish physiology and …, 2016 - Springer
This study was conducted to investigate the growth performance, biomarkers of oxidative
stress, catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione S-transferase (GST) as …

Locusts and grasshoppers: nutritional value, harvesting and rearing for animal feed, and other applications

H Makkar, V Heuzé, G Tran - CABI Reviews, 2022 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Locusts may cause massive destruction of crops and pastures and adversely affect
livelihoods and food security of farmers and pastoralists. Like other insects, locusts and …

Insect meal as a source of protein in animal diet

MF Al-Qazzaz, DB Ismail - Animal Nutrition and Feed …, 2016 - indianjournals.com
The increasing, worldwide demand for fishmeal due to the development and expansion of
the poultry industry raises the market price of fishmeal. Insects can be a perfect alternative …

Nutritional evaluation of insect's pupae-larvae and its utilization in poultry compound feed

DM Zegeye - The Open Agriculture Journal, 2020 - benthamopen.com
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 …

Effect of processing on the proximate composition of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seeds

SA Adesina - Agro-Science, 2018 - ajol.info
Over-exploitation of conventional protein-rich plant resources such as soybean and
groundnut for human and livestock consumption has necessitated a search for other suitable …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of the nutritional potentials of fermented oil beans seed Pentaclethra macrophyllah Benth

BI Balogun - Pat, 2013 - Citeseer
The seeds of fermented African oil bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth) were analyzed
for mineral elements, nutritional and anti-nutritional contents. The chemical analyses of the …