Due to minimal environmental impact, compared to most conventional feed commodities, insects deserve a growing attention as candidate ingredients for aquafeeds. This study tested, for the first time during zebrafish larval rearing, the effects of an increasing replacement (0%–25%–50%) of fish meal by black soldier fly (BSF) full-fat prepupae meal. All diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous and isolipidic. A multidisciplinary approach, including biometrics, histology, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, and molecular analyses, was applied to better understand the biological responses of larval zebrafish to the different partial inclusions of BSF in the feed. Generally, results are promising, but a 50% of BSFmeal inclusion in the diet affected both lipid composition and accumulation in the larvae.

Partial dietary inclusion of Hermetia illucens (Black soldier fly) full-fat larvae fed to zebrafish larvae: biometric, histological, biochemical and molecular implications

Randazzo B.
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Cardinaletti G.
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Tulli F.
Investigation
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2018-01-01

Abstract

Due to minimal environmental impact, compared to most conventional feed commodities, insects deserve a growing attention as candidate ingredients for aquafeeds. This study tested, for the first time during zebrafish larval rearing, the effects of an increasing replacement (0%–25%–50%) of fish meal by black soldier fly (BSF) full-fat prepupae meal. All diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous and isolipidic. A multidisciplinary approach, including biometrics, histology, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, and molecular analyses, was applied to better understand the biological responses of larval zebrafish to the different partial inclusions of BSF in the feed. Generally, results are promising, but a 50% of BSFmeal inclusion in the diet affected both lipid composition and accumulation in the larvae.
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