Insect Micro-Livestock for Feed Supply
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 6957
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Insects are regarded as interesting alternative protein/energy sources for animal diets and are expected to be increasingly used around the globe as a replacement for conventional feedstuffs. From a circular economy point of view, “micro-livestock” farming represents a way by which food waste biomasses/streams can be upgraded to valuable feed ingredients. In addition to that in insects, interest in earthworms as an alternative feed source is also increasing, with the waste being able to be used as a rich fertilizer. Despite the great potential of insects as an alternative feed ingredient, there are many challenges related to micro-livestock farming, from definition of the optimal rearing condition and automation up to post-harvesting processing and feed production with the final purpose of producing safe food and feed.
Original manuscripts that address any aspects of micro-livestock farming are invited for this Special Issue. Specifically, topics of interest for this Special Issue are: insect production systems, including processing organic side streams operated using earthworms; challenges related to process optimization, engineering, automation, and security; genetics, nutrition, physiology, issues related to health and ethics of insects in micro-livestock farming; microbial and chemical contaminant management; role of insect rearing condition and processing in defining nutritional features, including implication for feed technology; and micro-livestock role in circular economy and environmental sustainability.
Dr. Matteo Ottobon
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- insects
- alternative feed ingredients
- circular economy
- sustainable feed
- nutritional quality
- feed safety
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