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Insects as sustainable feed ingredients: Case study: Assessing the performance of broilers fed on diets containing crude and processed housefly larval meal (2017)
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Fitches, E., Hermans, D., Dickinson, M., Charlton, A., Wakefield, M., Kenis, M., …Bruggeman, G. (2017, October). Insects as sustainable feed ingredients: Case study: Assessing the performance of broilers fed on diets containing crude and processed housefly larval meal. Paper presented at Poultry Beyond 2023 : 6th International Broiler Nutritionists' Conference., Queenstown, New Zealand

Musca domestica larvae reared on poultry manure and used as a meal or “fat-washed” extract have been assessed for their suitability as a partial replacement for soybean meal and oil in a broiler performance trial. This trial formed a component of a l... Read More about Insects as sustainable feed ingredients: Case study: Assessing the performance of broilers fed on diets containing crude and processed housefly larval meal.