Effect of Protein Source from Dried Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) on Egg Quality in Commercial Laying Hens Raised in Opened–house
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The larvae of black soldier fly contain a large amount of protein. They might thus be incorporated into laying hen diets as a source of protein. Therefore, the objective of this research was to study the effect of protein source from dried black soldier fly larvae on egg quality in twenty-nine weeks old of Lohmann Brown laying hens. A hundred hens were divided into four groups with twenty-five replications. Completely randomize design was used. Laying hens were fed diets with four different protein sources: fish meal and soybean meal (FSH), 100% soybean meal (SOY), 2% black soldier fly with soybean meal (BS2) and 5% black soldier fly with soybean meal (BS5). Egg quality traits were egg weight (ETW), albumin weight (ALW), yolk weight (YKW), shell weight (SHW), Haugh unit (HU), yolk color score (YCS), shell thickness at tip (STT), shell thickness at middle (STM) and shell thickness at base (STB). The results found that type of protein source had no statistically significant difference on ETW, ALW, YKW, SHW, HU and YCS. Least squares mean for ETW, ALW, YKW, SHW, HU and YCS ranged from 49.98 (BS5) to 50.91 g (SOY), 32.64 (BS5) to 33.78 g (SOY), 11.86 (FSH) to 12.00 g (BS5), 5.05 (SOY) to 5.35 g (BS5), 84.58 (BS5) to 84.74 unit (FSH), and 3.24 (SOY) to 3.63 unit (BS2), respectively. Feed costs for FSH, SOY, BS2 and BS5 were 15.16, 15.76, 14.79 and 13.70 baht per kilogram. According to this study, 5% BSF with soybean meal could be fed the laying hens without harming their egg qualities and this diet was also more affordable than other feed formulations.
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