PUBLICATION
Partial Dietary Inclusion of Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Full-Fat Prepupae in Zebrafish Feed: Biometric, Histological, Biochemical, and Molecular Implications
- Authors
- Zarantoniello, M., Bruni, L., Randazzo, B., Vargas, A., Gioacchini, G., Truzzi, C., Annibaldi, A., Riolo, P., Parisi, G., Cardinaletti, G., Tulli, F., Olivotto, I.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180622-10
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Zebrafish 15(5): 519-532 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- aquaculture, black soldier fly, fatty acid profile, gene expression, insect diet
- MeSH Terms
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- Animal Feed*
- Animals
- Aquaculture
- Diet/veterinary*
- Gene Expression Regulation*
- Larva/physiology
- Lipid Metabolism*
- Simuliidae/growth & development
- Simuliidae/physiology*
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 29912648 Full text @ Zebrafish
Citation
Zarantoniello, M., Bruni, L., Randazzo, B., Vargas, A., Gioacchini, G., Truzzi, C., Annibaldi, A., Riolo, P., Parisi, G., Cardinaletti, G., Tulli, F., Olivotto, I. (2018) Partial Dietary Inclusion of Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Full-Fat Prepupae in Zebrafish Feed: Biometric, Histological, Biochemical, and Molecular Implications. Zebrafish. 15(5):519-532.
Abstract
Due to minimal environmental impact, compared to most conventional feed commodities, insects deserve a growing attention as candidate ingredients for aquafeeds. This study tested, for the first time during zebrafish larval rearing, the effects of an increasing replacement (0%-25%-50%) of fish meal by black soldier fly (BSF) full-fat prepupae meal. All diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous and isolipidic. A multidisciplinary approach, including biometrics, histology, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and molecular analyses, was applied to better understand the biological responses of larval zebrafish to the different partial inclusions of BSF in the feed. Generally, results are promising, but a 50% of BSF meal inclusion in the diet affected both lipid composition and accumulation in the larvae.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping