Virus Diversity and Loads in Crickets Reared for Feed: Implications for Husbandry.

ABSTRACT: Insects generally have high reproductive rates leading to rapid population growth and high local densities; ideal conditions for disease epidemics. The parasites and diseases that naturally regulate wild insect populations can also impact when these insects are produced commercially, on farms. While insects produced for human or animal consumption are often reared under high density conditions, very little is known about the microbes associated with these insects, particularly those with pathogenic potential. In this study we used both target-free and targeted screening approaches to explore the virome of two cricket species commonly reared for feed and food, Acheta domesticus and Gryllus bimaculatus. The target-free screening of DNA and RNA from a single A. domesticus

SUBMITTER: de Miranda JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8173086 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature