Preferences of black soldier fly larvae through different substrate on broiler chickens: A meta-analysis
Sjofjan O., Natsir M.H., Nuningtyas Y.F., and Adli D.N

Animal Nutrition and Feed Department, Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia

Abstract

A meta-analysis was conducted to determine preferences of black soldier fly larvae through different substrate on broiler chickens. A dataset was constructed based on relevant published papers. An algorithm was constructed with a search in Scopus, Web of Science, Pub Med, and Medline using the MESH terms ^chicken^, ^substrate^, ^broiler chicken^, ^performance^, and ^black soldier fly^. After carefully evaluation, the final dataset consisted 10 in-vivo studies comprising 35 treatments units. The data analysis and coding were performed using software R version 4.2.1 ^Funny-looking kid^ computing with library mode (cowplot)- (tidyverse)- and (viridis)- and (nlme). Our meta-analysis with regard to growth performance, the different source of substrate did not affect the body weight, FCR, body weight gain (BWG), final body weight (FBW), and feed intake (FI) (p > 0.05). In conclusion, the different substrate on rearing black soldier fly didn^t directly affect to the growth performance of broiler chicken

Keywords: body weight, broiler chicken, black soldier fly, performance, substrate

Topic: Poultry Production and Nutrition