Effect of feeding larvae meal in the diets on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and meat quality in broiler chicken

KARWAN YASEEN KAREEM; NAZIM RASUL ABDULLA; HOOI LING FOO; AMIRAH NABILAH MOHD ZAMRI; NURHAZIRAH SHAZALI; TECK CHWEN LOH; MOHAMED IDRIS ALSHELMANI

doi:10.56093/ijans.v88i10.84155

Authors

KARWAN YASEEN KAREEM Department of Animal Resource, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq
NAZIM RASUL ABDULLA Department of Animal Resource, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq
HOOI LING FOO Institute of Bioscience (Second affiliation: Department of Biprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular medicine)
AMIRAH NABILAH MOHD ZAMRI Department of Animal Science (Second affiliation: Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security)
NURHAZIRAH SHAZALI Department of Animal Science (Second affiliation: Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security)
TECK CHWEN LOH Department of Animal Science (Second affiliation: Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security)
MOHAMED IDRIS ALSHELMANI Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security (Second affiliation: Department of Animal Production, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya)

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v88i10.84155

Keywords:

Broiler, Larvae meal, Meat quality, Nutrients digestibility

Abstract

Larvae meal has been reported as a suitable alternative protein source to fish meal and soybean meal. It contains necessary essential amino acids required in poultry feeding. A feeding trial was conducted to assess the effects of feeding different levels of larvae meal on broiler performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass and meat quality, and bacterial count. Day-old male broiler chicks (216) were raised for 42 days. Birds were weighed and randomly allotted into 6 dietary treatments consisting of 6 replicates (pens) per treatment and 6 birds in each replicate. The dietary treatments were supplemented with earth larvae meal by 0% (control group), 2%, 4%, 6%, 8% and 10%. The feed and drinking water were provided ad lib. The findings showed that body weight, average daily gain and total weight gain for group of birds fed 0% larvae meal significantly decreased compared to those chickens fed 8% and 10% larvae meal. A higher crude protein digestibility was found in birds fed with larvae meal. Control group had the highest Enterobacteriaceae count compared to the other treatments. Larvae meal supplementation improved the growth performance, nutrient digestibility and meat quality of broiler chicken and decreased excreta Enterobacteriaceae counts.

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