Partial and Total Replacement of Soybean Meal with Full-Fat Black Soldier Fly (<i>Hermetia illucens</i> L.) Larvae Meal in Broiler Chicken Diets: Impact on Growth Performance, Carcass Quality and Meat Quality
Daria Murawska,
Tomasz Daszkiewicz,
Wiesław Sobotka,
Michał Gesek,
Dorota Witkowska,
Paulius Matusevičius,
Tadeusz Bakuła
Affiliations
Daria Murawska
Department of Commodity Science and Animal Improvement, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowski Street 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Tomasz Daszkiewicz
Department of Commodity Science and Animal Raw Material Processing, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowski Street 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Wiesław Sobotka
Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowski Street 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Michał Gesek
Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowski Street 13, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Dorota Witkowska
Department of Animal and Environmental Hygiene, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowski Street 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Paulius Matusevičius
Department of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Husbandry Technology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilžės str. 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Tadeusz Bakuła
Department of Veterinary Prevention and Feed Hygiene, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowski Street 13, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
The aim of this study was to compare selected growth performance parameters and slaughter characteristics in broiler chickens fed diets with a different content of full-fat Hermetia illucens L. (HI) larvae meal. The experiment was performed on 384 male broiler chickens (Ross 308) reared to 42 d of age and assigned to four dietary treatments (HI0—control diet and diets where soybean meal protein (SBM) was replaced with HI protein in 50%, 75% and 100%, respectively). The final body weights of chickens were as follows: 3010.0 g (HI0), 2650.0 g (HI50), 2590.0 g (HI75) and 2375.0 g (H100, p p p < 0.05) lower juiciness and taste intensity than the meat of birds from groups HI0 and HI50. The replacement of SBM protein with full-fat HI larvae meal in broiler diets exceeding 50% significantly compromised the growth performance of birds and the carcass and meat quality.
