The carcass quality, meat quality and sensory characteristics of broilers raised on diets containing either Musca domestica larvae meal, fish meal or soya bean meal as the main protein source

Animal Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 622-628

  Pieterse, E ^a   Pretorius, Q ^a   Hoffman, L C ^a   Drew, D W ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AgriProtein   (South Africa)

Author keywords

alternative protein; breast muscle yield; house fly; magmeal

Indexed keywords

CARRION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FISH; FLY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LARVA; MEAT; ODOR; POULTRY; PROTEIN; SOYBEAN; TASTE; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 84897503391     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN13073     Document Type: Article

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