Nutritional evaluation of frass from black soldier fly larvae as potential feed ingredient for Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Frass is a by-product of the larval meal industry and is currently readily available and competitively priced relative to larva meal. In addition to generally high protein and fat content (21.6% and 6%, respectively), frass contains abundant nutrients, chitin, and beneficial microbes. This study eva...

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Published in:	Aquaculture Reports
Main Authors:	Mediha Yildirim-Aksoy, Rashida Eljack, Benjamin H. Beck, Eric Peatman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-12-01
Subjects:	Insect larvae frass Growth Alternative feeds ingredient Shrimp Bacterial growth inhibition
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513422003490