Insects as Alternative Feed Materials for Poultry Nutrition

Authors : Aamir IQBAL, Abdul Qudoos QUDOOS, İbrahim Sadi ÇETİNGÜL, Syed Rizwan Ali SHAH, İsmail BAYRAM

Pages : 30-37

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Publication Date : 2019-12-27

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :As the population of this world is gradually increasing, the requirement of cheap and economic protein source rendered by poultry meat and eggs is also increasing. In near past, the insects have attained great attention as an important and alternative feed source to substitute raw materials for animal nutrition and are considered good alternate for important ingredients. The insects, with estimated 1.5 to 3 million, are regarded as the most utilized species and among these are black soldier fly, yellow mealworm and domestic fly. Maggots are larvae of domestic fly have capability to grow on large scale of substrate and can recycle the waste into biomass rich in protein and fats. These insect species provide more sulphur containing amino acids and protein components for poultry birds. This review presents contemporary research studies of using insects, mealworms, grasshoppers, locust, crickets, katylids, black soldier fly, housefly, etc as an alternative feed stuff for poultry birds. However, there have been still technical, financial, regulatory and particularly legislative constraints in the European Union are there in order to smoothly utilize these insects on large scale as a substitute of feedstuff for the nutrition of monogastric animals.
Keywords : Insect, Alternative feedstuff, Poultry birds, Maggot, Domestic fly