Cecal microbiota of broilers responds similarly to black soldier fly larvae fat and conventional dietary fat sources.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to compare the effects of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae (BSFL) fat with those of dietary fats commonly used in broiler chicken nutrition on gut pH and cecal microbiome. A total of 800 one-day-old male Ross 308 chicks were randomly assigned to eight dietary groups, with each group consisting of 10 replicate pens of 10 birds each fed for 35 days. The study design was as follows: the basal diet was enriched with various dietary fats as the sole source of fat, including BSFL fat (as the reference group), soybean oil (SO), rapeseed oil (RO), palm oil (PO), palm kernel fatty acid distillate (PKFD), poultry fat (PF), pig lard (PL), and beef tallow (BT). At the end of the experiment (35 days), the digesta from the crop, gizzard, jejunum, and ceca were sampled for fu

SUBMITTER: Aslam MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12646438 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature