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INSECTS AS PROTEIN COMPONENT OF POULTRY FEEDING

Jasenka Petrić orcid.org/0000-0002-0139-780X ; Hrvatska agencija za hranuI. Gundulića 36b, Osijek, Hrvatska
Brigita Hengl orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-2087 ; Hrvatska agencija za hranuI. Gundulića 36b, Osijek, Hrvatska
Andrea Gross-Bošković ; Hrvatska agencija za hranuI. Gundulića 36b, Osijek, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Demand for food, especially meat, is increasing every day so the need for increasing protein supply from renewable sources is also increasing, which includes factory-farming insects. The use of insects in food and feed has potentially significant benefits for the environment, economy and availability of food. A number of organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), have studied the possibility of using insects as a source of food and feed. Due to possible health risk issues of such food production for both, people and animals, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) developed a risk profile of using insects in October 2015. This profile answers the questions concerning the possible risks during production, processing and consumption of such alternative source of protein. Because of the lack of data, the EFSA recommends further researches related to production and use of insects as a source of protein for human and animal consumption. Studies conducted on laboratory animals have shown that the nutritional value of insects’ protein is similar to soy and fishmeal protein so they can replace part of the traditional animal diet. Insects are also natural dietary sources for poultry and often used as complementary sources for animal feed in developing countries. Taking into account previous studies, feeding the poultry with insect’s protein should be more economical and preferable from the standpoint of environmental protection. Furthermore, using meat and bone waste as food for insect’s growth, which is not allowed as fodder, resolves a real problem of waste disposal. Therefore, it is expected that results of poultry meat analysis will give a better insight into the advantages and disadvantages of using insect protein in poultry feeding, from the standpoint of the safety of animal feed, production and processing.

Ključne riječi

insect’s protein; poultry feeding

Hrčak ID:

160853

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/160853

Datum izdavanja:

23.6.2016.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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