Low drying temperature has negligible impact but defatting increases in vitro rumen digestibility of insect meals, with minor changes on fatty acid biohydrogenation
The applied drying temperatures of full-fat insect meals are too low to exert impactful effects on rumen digestibility and FA biohydrogenation. Fat lowered fermentation activity, probably because of an inhibitory effect on rumen microbiota. The increased ruminal digestibility of defatted insect meals suggests that they can be more suitable to be used in ruminant nutrition than full-fat ones.
Authors
- Carola Lussiana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-5966)
- Manuela Renna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4296-7589)
- Mauro Coppa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2073-0599)
- Gaëlle Maxin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0379-4374)
- Laura Gasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1829-7936)
- Jonas Claeys (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2167-7865)
- Lara Rastello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5185-2797)
- Aline Le Morvan
Institutions
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Inagro (Belgium) (BE)
- Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores (FR)
- University of Turin (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-025-01199-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.67
Funders
- European Commission
- VetAgro Sup
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme