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Use of silkworm pupae meal as protein supplement in the nutrition of broiler chickens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

Z. Ansari Pirsaraii  and
B. Navidshad
Z. Ansari Pirsaraii*
Affiliation:
Animal Science Department, Mazandaran University, Sari, Iran
B. Navidshad
Affiliation:
Animal Science Department, Mazandaran University, Sari, Iran
*
Email: zarbakht_ansari@yahoo.com
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Silkworm pupae meal is a silk industry by-product that in some countries is available as a local product. It contain up to 30% crude fat and 50% crude protein. The chemical score of silkworm pupae protein is 60 and tryptophan is its limiting amino acid. The silk worm pupae meal fat contains 25.7% linoleic acid (Udayasekhara Rao, 1994). Reddy et al (1991) reported that use of diets contain 5% 8% SWP so that replaced 50% of fish meal, lowered weight gain. The aim of this study was to measure the effects of substituting different levels of silkworm pupae (SWP) for soybean meal (SBM) in Arian (an Iranian strain) broiler rations.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 160
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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Udayasekhara Rao, P. 1994. Chemical composition and nutritional evaluation of spent silkworm pupae. Journal of Agricultural Feed Chemistry. 42: 2204–2203.Google Scholar
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