A survey of the mycobiota associated with larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) reared for feed production.

ABSTRACT: Feed security, feed quality and issues surrounding the safety of raw materials are always of interest to all livestock farmers, feed manufacturers and competent authorities. These concerns are even more important when alternative feed ingredients, new product developments and innovative feeding trends, like insect-meals, are considered. The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) is considered a good candidate to be used as feed ingredient for aquaculture and other farm animals, mainly as an alternative protein source. Data on transfer of contaminants from different substrates to the insects, as well as the possible occurrence of toxin-producing fungi in the gut of non-processed insects are very limited. Accordingly, we investigated the impact of the substrate/diet on the intestinal mycobiot

SUBMITTER: Varotto Boccazzi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5542616 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature