BSFL meal may improve chick weight gain
Featured among the most popular stories this month was one reporting on a study on broiler chickens fed a diet containing black soldier fly (BSF) larvae. The researchers found that use of the BSFL meal improved chick weight gain and boosted production of immune system elements.
The meal also was linked to improved survival in a disease challenge against Salmonella Gallinarum, they said.
“These findings suggest that BSFL feeding can stimulate nonspecific immune responses in broiler chicks and increase their survivability against S. Gallinarum experimental infection,” they said.
The full study can be found here.
