Effect of black soldier fly larva meal on broiler chicken production, meat quality, and it"s physiological properties: a meta-analysis
This study assessed the effect of feeding black soldier fly larva (BSFL) on broiler chicken production, meat quality, and physiological characteristics using a meta-analysis. Out of the 1878 articles that were reviewed from five databases (PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, and ProQue...
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| Language: | English |
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Kafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://vetdergikafkas.org/pdf.php?id=3203 |
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| Summary: | This study assessed the effect of feeding black soldier fly larva (BSFL) on broiler chicken
production, meat quality, and physiological characteristics using a meta-analysis. Out
of the 1878 articles that were reviewed from five databases (PubMed, Scopus, Science
Direct, Cochrane Library, and ProQuest), 21 papers were selected for meta-analysis
using the specific keywords "black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, broiler chickens,
growth performance" and the PRISMA flow diagram. The R Studio software version
4.4.2 (Posit PBC, USA) was employed to analyze the meta-analysis and compute the
standard mean difference (SMD), 95% confidence interval (CI), and random effects.
The current meta-analysis demonstrated that providing BSFL meals for broiler chickens
had a favorable impact on weight gain, feed efficiency, carcass percentage, breast and
thigh muscles, cooking loss, drip loss, meat color lightness, and yellowness. On the
other hand, favorable effects were also reported on erythrocytes, packed cell volume,
mean corpuscular volume, heterophil: lymphocyte (H/L) ratio, serum glucose, alanine
transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, blood urea
nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and iron. It has been
demonstrated using a meta-analysis study that the BSFL meal is beneficial for weight
gain, feed efficiency, meat quality, and physiological properties in broiler chickens. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-2251 |