Publication detail

Dietary Inclusion of Crickets (Acheta domesticus) and Yellow Mealworm Meal (Tenebrio molitor) in Comparison with Soybean Meal: Effect on the Growth, Total Tract Apparent Digestibility, and Nitrogen Balance of Fattening Rabbits

VOLEK, Z. ZITA, L. ADÁMKOVÁ, A. ADÁMEK, M. MLČEK, J. PLACHÝ, V.

Original Title

Dietary Inclusion of Crickets (Acheta domesticus) and Yellow Mealworm Meal (Tenebrio molitor) in Comparison with Soybean Meal: Effect on the Growth, Total Tract Apparent Digestibility, and Nitrogen Balance of Fattening Rabbits

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Three diets were formulated, i.e., soybean meal (SM diet), adult Acheta domesticus (AD diet), and Tenebrio molitor larvae (TM diet), as the main crude protein (CP) sources. A total of 45 rabbits (Hyplus, weaned at 32 days of age) were divided into three groups (15 per treatment) and fed one of the three diets for 42 days. A higher daily weight gain (p = 0.042), as well as daily feed intake (p = 0.022), was observed in rabbits fed the AD and TM diets than in rabbits fed the SM diet within 21 days after weaning. The coefficients of total tract apparent digestibility (CTTAD) of gross energy were higher (p = 0.001) in rabbits fed the SM diet than in rabbits fed the other diets. The CTTAD of CP (p = 0.040) and starch (p = 0.041) was higher in rabbits fed the SM diet compared to those fed the AD diet. There were non-significantly higher losses of nitrogen in the urine (an average by 0.227 g/day; p = 0.094) in rabbits fed the TM diet than in rabbits fed the other diets. It can be concluded that the growth of rabbits and nitrogen output were not detrimentally affected by the insect meal (AD or TM) used in this study.

Keywords

rabbit; diet; crude protein; insect meal; digestibility; nitrogen output

Authors

VOLEK, Z.; ZITA, L.; ADÁMKOVÁ, A.; ADÁMEK, M.; MLČEK, J.; PLACHÝ, V.

Released

14. 5. 2023

Publisher

MDPI

Location

BASEL

ISBN

2076-2615

Periodical

Animals

Year of study

13

Number

10

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

10

Pages count

10

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/10/1637

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/213636

BibTex

@article{BUT184032,
  author="Zdeněk {Volek} and Lukáš {Zita} and Anna {Adámková} and Martin {Adámek} and Jiří {Mlček} and Vladimír {Plachý}",
  title="Dietary Inclusion of Crickets (Acheta domesticus) and Yellow Mealworm Meal (Tenebrio molitor) in Comparison with Soybean Meal: Effect on the Growth, Total Tract Apparent Digestibility, and Nitrogen Balance of Fattening Rabbits",
  journal="Animals",
  year="2023",
  volume="13",
  number="10",
  pages="1--10",
  doi="10.3390/ani13101637",
  issn="2076-2615",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/10/1637"
}