Chemical composition and nutrient digestibility of insect meal for broiler.

• Autor(a) principal: DOURADO, L. R. B.
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: LOPES, P. M., SILVA, V. K., CARVALHO, F. L. A., MOURA, F. A. S., SILVA, L. B., GIANNECCHINI, L. G., PINHEIRO, S. R. F., BIAGIOTTI, D., KIMPARA, J. M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1126521
• topic: Avicultura; Dieta; Nutriente; Alimentação; Gallus gallus; Poultry feeding; Diet; Nutrients; Tenebrio molitor; Gryllus assimilis

To determine the chemical composition and digestibility of insect meal for poultry made from the larvae of Tenebrio molitor (TL) and nymphs of Gryllus assimilis (GAN) a total excreta collection test was carried out, substituting 20% of the reference diet with each type of meal. The meals presented 6074 and 5975 kcal/Kg of gross energy, with 49.34% and 52.66% protein for TL and GAN respectively. The most nutrient digestibility was less than 65%, except for energy and ether-extract digestibility in the meal from Tenebrio molitor larvae, which were over 70%. The meals under analysis can be used as a source of nutrients in poultry diets.