In vitro crude protein digestibility of tenebrio molitor and hermetia illucens insect meals and its correlation with chemical composition traits

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 338-343

  Marono, Stefania ^a   Piccolo, Giovanni ^a   Loponte, Rosa ^a   Meo, Carmelo Di ^a   Attia, Youssef A ^b   Nizza, Antonino ^a   Bovera, Fulvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hermetia illucens; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937828767     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2015.3889     Document Type: Article

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