Dietary Inclusion of Crickets (Acheta domesticus) and Yellow Mealworm Meal (Tenebrio molitor) in Comparison with Soybean Meal: Effect on the Growth, Total Tract Apparent Digestibility, and Nitrogen Balance of Fattening Rabbits

VOLEK, Zdeněk, ZIITA, Lukáš, ADÁMKOVÁ, Anna, ADÁMEK, Martin, MLČEK, Jiří and PLACHÝ, Vladimír. Dietary Inclusion of Crickets (Acheta domesticus) and Yellow Mealworm Meal (Tenebrio molitor) in Comparison with Soybean Meal: Effect on the Growth, Total Tract Apparent Digestibility, and Nitrogen Balance of Fattening Rabbits. Animals, 2023, 13, Article number: 1637. ISSN 2076-2615.
Year2023
CathegoryScientific publication in impacted journals
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Abstract

The present study aimed to extend our current knowledge by obtaining novel information concerning the comparison of two types of insect meal (Acheta domesticus and Tenebrio molitor) with SM in terms of the effect of diets based on insect meal on the coefficient of total tract apparent digestibility (CTTAD) of the experimental diets, nitrogen excretion, and the growth performance of rabbits after weaning.