China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (2): 586-597.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2023.02.016

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Research Progress on Biological Characteristics of Hermetia illucens L. and Its Application in Poultry Production

LIU Bin1, LI Meng2, XI Qianyun1, SUN Jiajie1, LUO Junyi1, ZHANG Yongliang1, CHEN Ting1   

  1. 1. National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition Control, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China;
    2. College of Biology and Chemical Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China
  • Received:2022-06-01 Online:2023-02-05 Published:2023-02-06

Abstract: With the improvement of people’s living standard and the increase of dietary consumption demand,the livestock and poultry breeding industry has been able to develop rapidly,which resulted in the increasing shortage of domestic feed resources,especially protein resources.With the high production and low price of foreign protein raw materials,China’s feed industry is overly dependent on imports for production.In order to promote the balanced development of domestic and foreign feed trade,as well as to reduce feed costs and optimise feed production structure,finding and developing new protein feed resources is one of the difficult tasks that need to be solved urgently in the breeding industry.Insects are a kind of productive resource with rich protein content,which can replace some protein feed resources.Nowadays,insect feed resources are gradually becoming a research hotspot.As a kind of resource insects with wide application prospects, Hermetia illucens L.has the characteristics of fast reproduction,mixed feeding and strong resistance,rich in protein and fat,and contains active substances such as antibacterial peptides,chitin and lauric acid,which are often used in breeding production.The use of Hermetia illucens L.as a protein substitute in the diet can improve the production performance of poultry,product quality,intestinal health and immune function,and also have the role of resource utilization of poultry manure.The author reviewed the biological and nutritional characteristics of Hermetia illucens L.and its impact on poultry production and application,so as to provide a reference basis for further resource exploitation and research on the mechanism of action and standardised application of Hermetia illucens L.in poultry production.

Key words: Hermetia illucens L.; biological characteristics; poultry; application

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