Production Performance and Nutrient Conversion Efficiency of Field Cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) in Mass-Rearing Conditions

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Farming edible insects such as field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus), called the Mediterranean cricket, is increasingly being adapted for more commercial purposes. Adapting the mass cricket-rearing conditions for field cricket production, we found crickets had a typical growth rate and capacity for conversion of ingested feed into body mass. The efficiency of the deposition of major nutrients (inorganic matter, protein, fat, fiber, and carbohydrate) in the field crickets from the ingested feed is possible to be measured under mass cricket-rearing conditions. The feed intake and mortality rate for cricket rearing should be considered for calculating major nutrient conversion efficiency as increased mortality rate resulted in higher conversion efficiency.

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SUBMITTER: Mitchaothai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9454574 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature