Rearing of black soldier fly larvae Hermetia illucens (L. 1758) based on substrates composed of water hyacinth leaves (Eichhornia crassipes)
Juste Vital VODOUNNOU,
Victor DOSSA,
Carmel DJISSOU
et al.
Abstract:The aim of this sudy is to enhance Water Hyacinth (WH) leaves in the diet of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae. Five different diets were formulated based on WH leaves and soy bran. The experimental device used is a complete random block consisting of 15 tanks (25 cm x 14 cm x 12 cm) arranged in triplicate and each containing 200 Hermetia illucens larvae. The experiment was done for 10 days. We notice significant differences between the different parameters. The Daily Weight Gain (DWG) varied from 2.54 ± 0.09 (R4… Show more
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