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Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Cafeteria-type feeding of chickens indicates a preference for insect (Tenebrio molitor) larvae meal |
Authors: | Marcos Antônio Nascimento Filho Raquel Tatiane Pereira Ana Beatriz Santos de Oliveira Diana Suckeveris Álvaro Mário Burin Junior Thiago de Araújo Mastrangelo Diego Vicente da Costa José Fernando Machado Menten |
Abstract: | This study aimed to determine whether broiler chickens display a preference for Tenebrio molitor larvae (TM) meal by evaluating ingredient acceptability and birds’ performance. Sixty 14-day-old male chickens were assigned into two treatment groups (5 birds/pen, n = 6) in a cafeteria-type study: the control (C) group, and the TM group. Each pen was equipped with one bell drinker and four through feeders allocated side by side; all feeders of the C group contained a complete standard diet whereas each feeder of the TM group contained one of the following ingredients: ground corn, extruded semi-whole soybean, vitamin-mineral supplement mixture, and TM meal. Feed intake was recorded daily and growth was monitored periodically up to day 32. Chickens which had access to individual feed components showed a delay to display preference for TM, but consumed, overall, up to 50% of the total intake as TM meal. Feed intake and growth performance were lower in all periods for TM group (p < 0.02), whereas feed conversion ratio was improved on days 22–28 and days 29–32 of age (p < 0.01). Data from bivariate and multidimensional analysis indicate that birds started to reach a balance of ingredient intake at 25 days of age, showing a high correlation between consumption of each ingredient and the day of the experiment. Chickens exhibited a preference for T. molitor meal, resulting in improved feed efficiency, which allows us to conclude that it can be a suitable feed alternative for poultry. |
Subject: | Frango de corte Insetos Nutrição animal Eficiência alimentar |
language: | eng |
metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS |
Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10040627 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/47635 |
Issue Date: | 6-Apr-2020 |
metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/4/627 |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Animals |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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