Nutritional value of two insect larval meals (Tenebrio molitor and Hermetia illucens) for broiler chickens: Apparent nutrient digestibility, apparent ileal amino acid digestibility and apparent metabolizable energy

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 209, Issue , 2015, Pages 211-218

  De Marco, M ^a   Martinez S ^b   Hernandez, F ^b   Madrid, J ^b   Gai, F ^c   Rotolo, L ^a   Belforti, M ^a   Bergero, D ^a   Katz, H ^d   Dabbou, S ^a   Kovitvadhi, A ^a   Zoccarato, I ^a   Gasco, L ^a,c   Schiavone, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Hermetia Baruth GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Apparent digestibility; Broiler chicken; Insect larval meal; Metabolizable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952637881     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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