The impact of choice feeding with the black soldier fly larvae ('Hermetia illucens') on egg quality in free range laying hens

Title
The impact of choice feeding with the black soldier fly larvae ('Hermetia illucens') on egg quality in free range laying hens
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Ruhnke, Isabelle
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5423-9306
Email: iruhnke@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:iruhnke
Normant, Camille
Campbell, Dana
Iqbal, Zafar
Lee, Caroline
Hinch, Geoffrey
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4731-865X
Email: ghinch@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ghinch
Roberts, Julie R
Swick, Robert A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3376-1677
Email: rswick@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rswick
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition
Place of publication
Berlin, Germany
UNE publication id
une:21309
Abstract
Introduction: Insects, such as the Black Soldier Fly larvae ('Hermetia illucens', BSF), could be considered as an alternative protein sources as they have high crude protein content (De Marco et al, 2015). In Australia, free-range egg production is a rapidly growing sector, with an estimated retail market value share of 51%. Extensive hen housing, on-range feeding and choice feeding are all common practices in smaller enterprises (Ruhnke et al., 2016). The hypothesis of the present study was that choice feeding with black soldier fly larvae would not affect egg quality in free range laying hens.
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Citation
Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the ESVCN, p. 87-87
ISBN
9783000542589
Start page
87
End page
87

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