PUBLICATION
Rearing Zebrafish on Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens): Biometric, Histological, Spectroscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Implications
- Authors
- Vargas, A., Randazzo, B., Riolo, P., Truzzi, C., Gioacchini, G., Giorgini, E., Loreto, N., Ruschioni, S., Zarantoniello, M., Antonucci, M., Polverini, S., Cardinaletti, G., Sabbatini, S., Tulli, F., Olivotto, I.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180329-8
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Zebrafish 15(4): 404-419 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- aquaculture, black soldier fly, fatty acid profile, gene expression, insect diet
- MeSH Terms
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- Animal Feed*
- Animals
- Chitin/metabolism
- Diet/veterinary*
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Inflammation/prevention & control
- Larva/growth & development
- Larva/physiology
- Lipid Metabolism
- Liver/metabolism
- Simuliidae/growth & development
- Simuliidae/physiology*
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 29589997 Full text @ Zebrafish
Citation
Vargas, A., Randazzo, B., Riolo, P., Truzzi, C., Gioacchini, G., Giorgini, E., Loreto, N., Ruschioni, S., Zarantoniello, M., Antonucci, M., Polverini, S., Cardinaletti, G., Sabbatini, S., Tulli, F., Olivotto, I. (2018) Rearing Zebrafish on Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens): Biometric, Histological, Spectroscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Implications. Zebrafish. 15(4):404-419.
Abstract
A desirable goal of the aquaculture sector is to replace most of fish meal and fish oil with more sustainable, cost-effective, and environmental friendly ingredients ensuring fish health and welfare standards. Due to minimal environmental impact, compared with most conventional feed commodities, insects deserve a growing attention as candidate ingredients for aquafeeds. The present study investigated, for the first time, the possible application of a 100% insect diet in zebrafish larval rearing. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the major biological responses of fish to the new diets were assessed. Results of biometry, fatty acid composition, expression of genes involved in fish growth, stress response, lipid metabolism, chitinolytic activity, gut inflammation, and liver macromolecular composition suggested a possible application of insect larvae for zebrafish larval rearing. However, further studies are necessary to better understand the use of this insect species in the rearing of fish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping