TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth of the Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) on Organic-Waste Residues and Its Application as Supplementary Diet for Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
AU - Pérez-Pacheco, Rafael
AU - Hinojosa-Garro, Demián
AU - Ruíz-Ortíz, Fernando
AU - Camacho-Chab, Juan Carlos
AU - Ortega-Morales, Benjamín Otto
AU - Alonso-Hernández, Nancy
AU - Fonseca-Muñoz, Alicia
AU - Landero-Valenzuela, Nadia
AU - Loeza-Concha, Henry Jesús
AU - Diego-Nava, Fidel
AU - Arroyo-Balán, Fabián
AU - Granados-Echegoyen, Carlos Alejandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (BSF, Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is an insect with high protein value and a potential feed agent for animals aimed for human consumption. The growth parameters of BSF larvae reared on four substrates—restaurant-waste, fruit-waste, fish-waste, and commercial tilapia food—for 41 days before processing for inclusion into Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae, Nile tilapia) commercial fry diets at 30% (70:30) were determined. On fly larvae, the food substrate based on restaurant waste yielded the greatest larval weight and length. BSF larvae fed a fish-waste diet showed the shortest developmental time. The fruit-waste diet induced the lowest weight and length in the fly larvae/pre-pupae (immature stage). The pre-pupal protein values were similar to commercial food. On fry-fish, the diets with pre-pupae grown on fish waste showed the greatest yields regarding weight (biomass), length, and nutritional content. These results suggest the BSF has the potential to be used in fish feed and provides an alternative for commercial cultivation.
AB - The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (BSF, Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is an insect with high protein value and a potential feed agent for animals aimed for human consumption. The growth parameters of BSF larvae reared on four substrates—restaurant-waste, fruit-waste, fish-waste, and commercial tilapia food—for 41 days before processing for inclusion into Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae, Nile tilapia) commercial fry diets at 30% (70:30) were determined. On fly larvae, the food substrate based on restaurant waste yielded the greatest larval weight and length. BSF larvae fed a fish-waste diet showed the shortest developmental time. The fruit-waste diet induced the lowest weight and length in the fly larvae/pre-pupae (immature stage). The pre-pupal protein values were similar to commercial food. On fry-fish, the diets with pre-pupae grown on fish waste showed the greatest yields regarding weight (biomass), length, and nutritional content. These results suggest the BSF has the potential to be used in fish feed and provides an alternative for commercial cultivation.
KW - Hermetia
KW - economic alternative
KW - fish-meal
KW - organic urban waste
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128051611&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/insects13040326
DO - 10.3390/insects13040326
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 35447768
AN - SCOPUS:85128051611
SN - 2075-4450
VL - 13
JO - Insects
JF - Insects
IS - 4
M1 - 326
ER -
