Benha University

Doha Tawfiq Ibrahim Abdelrahman Dawa

Asst. Lecturer

Faculty of Agriculture Animal Production

The Impact of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) as Feed Supplementation on Productive and Physiological Performance of Broiler Chickens

World’s Veterinary Journal • 2022
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Authors Ahmed Mohamed El-Kaiaty, Abd-El-Rahman Mohamed Atta, Doha Tawfiq Dawa, and Tarek Ragab El-sayed
Keywords Black soldier fly, Insects, Black solidier fly powder, Humoral immune response, Soybean substitution
Journal World’s Veterinary Journal
Publisher World’s Veterinary Journal
Volume 12
Issue 2
Pages 133-140
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
Supplementary Materials doha tawfik ibrahim abdelrahman dawa_My research aricle.pdf
Abstract
A total of 450 broiler chicks (Ross 308) were used to evaluate the effect of different inclusion levels of a partially black soldier fly (BSF), BSF Powder (BSFP), BSF Puré (BSFPr), and BSF frozen whole larvae (BSFL) on the growth performance, blood parameters, humoral immune response, and intestinal bacterial count of broiler chickens. The chickens were reared from day 1 to 35 and assigned to the control and 9 dietary groups with different forms of BSF (3 replicates per group with 15 chicks). Black soldier fly was included at levels of 2%, 4%, and 6% for BSFP, BSFPr, and BSFL, respectively, in the starter and growing diets. The results indicated similar body weight, weight gain, and the growth rate in chickens fed 4% BSFP, and 2% BSFPr during the experiment. There was a marked difference in blood parameters due to the different BSF forms and included percentages. The humoral immunity antibody titers against the Newcastle disease virus fluctuated among the experimental groups of different ages. Finally, it could be concluded that the BSF can be incorporated at a level of 4% in the form of powder and Puré in a broiler diet which seemed to be adequate to achieve the favorable results in growth performance, blood parameters, immunity, and bacteriological examination.
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