{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Gasco L"],"funding":["Università degli Studi di Torino"],"pagination":["4"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6337837"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The present work aimed at evaluating the effect of the dietary replacement of soybean oil (S) by two types of insect fats extracted from black soldier fly larvae (H, <i>Hermetia illucens</i> L.) and yellow mealworm larvae (T, <i>Tenebrio molitor</i> L.) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood parameters, intestinal morphology and health of growing rabbits.<h4>Methods</h4>At weaning, 200 crossbred rabbits (36 days old) were allotted to five dietary treatments (40 rabbits/group): a control diet (C) containing 1.5% of soybean oil and four experimental diets where soybean oil was partially (50%) or totally (100%) substituted by H (H50 and H100) or T (T50 and T100) fats. Total tract digestibility was evaluated on 12 rabbits per treatment. The growth trial lasted "],"journal":["Journal of animal science and biotechnology"],"pubmed_title":["Effect of dietary supplementation with insect fats on growth performance, digestive efficiency and health of rabbits."],"pmcid":["PMC6337837"],"funding_grant_id":["2015-2016-2017"],"pubmed_authors":["Trocino A","Gasco L","Capucchio MT","Gai F","Xiccato G","Dabbou S","Dezzutto D","Birolo M","Biasato I","Schiavone A","Meneguz M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effect of dietary supplementation with insect fats on growth performance, digestive efficiency and health of rabbits.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The present work aimed at evaluating the effect of the dietary replacement of soybean oil (S) by two types of insect fats extracted from black soldier fly larvae (H, <i>Hermetia illucens</i> L.) and yellow mealworm larvae (T, <i>Tenebrio molitor</i> L.) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood parameters, intestinal morphology and health of growing rabbits.<h4>Methods</h4>At weaning, 200 crossbred rabbits (36 days old) were allotted to five dietary treatments (40 rabbits/group): a control diet (C) containing 1.5% of soybean oil and four experimental diets where soybean oil was partially (50%) or totally (100%) substituted by H (H50 and H100) or T (T50 and T100) fats. Total tract digestibility was evaluated on 12 rabbits per treatment. The growth trial lasted ","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019","modification":"2025-04-04T19:07:18.385Z","creation":"2019-03-26T22:39:01Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6337837","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30675348"],"doi":["10.1186/s40104-018-0309-2"]}}