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Heat-induced gelation of protein from mealworm (Tenebrio molitor): influence of pH and zinc concentration

Food Hydrocolloids for Health, 2022
Mealworm protein has the general potential to substitute environmentally less favourable, animal derived raw-materials as a gelling biomaterial for zinc enriched wound healing ointments.
Martina Klost, Maria Isabel Ramirez-Huerta, Stephan Drusch   +2 more
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Beyond thermoregulation: Active behavioural regulation of ultraviolet light exposure by a free‐ranging lizard

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study provides a clear demonstration of active ultraviolet (UV) regulation in free‐ranging lizards and supports that microhabitat choice likely constrains UV regulation more than thermoregulation. Overall, it serves to establish UV as a parallel regulatory axis of physiological homeostasis and expand the range of testable hypotheses in animal ...
Matthew S. Lattanzio
wiley   +1 more source

Insect Oil as An Alternative to Palm Oil and Poultry Fat in Broiler Chicken Nutrition

Animals, 2019
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Tenebrio molitor (TM) oil as a total replacement for palm oil and poultry fat in broiler chicken diets on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, pancreatic enzyme activity, selected blood ...
Abdelbasset Benzertiha, Bartosz Kierończyk, Mateusz Rawski, Paweł Kołodziejski, Magdalena Bryszak, Damian Józefiak   +5 more
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Living Low and Dry: Costs of and Resilience to Soil Hydric Stress in a Fossorial Amphisbaenian Reptile

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Soil drought imposes moderate, temporary costs on a strictly fossorial amphisbaenian reptile. However, these animals seem to cope with, at least, moderately short droughts thanks to their peculiar adaptations to living in an underground environment. ABSTRACT The physiological traits of animals can be strongly influenced by climatic fluctuations, and ...
José Martín, Álvaro Navarro‐Castilla, Alejandro de la Concha, José Javier Cuervo, Isabel Barja, Pilar López   +5 more
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Pengaruh penggunaan tepung ulat kandang (Alphitobius diaperinus) dalam pakan terhadap penampilan produksi ayam pedaging

Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Peternakan, 2012
: The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of lesser mealworm meal in feed on the performance of broiler. The materials used for this experiment were 100 Lohmann strain broiler chicks with average body weigth 257.55 + 26.36 g.
Hudan Allama, Osfar Sjofjan, Eko Widodo, Heni Setyo Prayogi   +3 more
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Exploring the Future of Edible Insects in Europe

Foods, 2022
The effects of population increase and food production on the environment have prompted various international organizations to focus on the future potential for more environmentally friendly and alternative protein products.
Simone Mancini, Giovanni Sogari, Salomon Espinosa Diaz, Davide Menozzi, Gisella Paci, Roberta Moruzzo   +5 more
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Saving Water to Survive: Alternative Water Loss Strategies Could Explain Color Polymorphism Maintenance in a Lacertid Lizard

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We demonstrate that red male Podarcis muralis exhibit higher evaporative water loss compared to other morphs, indicating a physiological strategy that prioritizes hydroregulation over fine thermoregulation. This suggests red morphs are adapted to cooler, wetter niches, while white and yellow morphs possess superior water conservation mechanisms to ...
Roberto Sacchi, Stefano Scali, Thomas Dadda, Federico Storniolo, Marco A. L. Zuffi, Andrea Melotto, Stéphanie Sherpa, Federica Frongia, Danny Tassi, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Marco Mangiacotti   +10 more
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Biodegradation of waste refrigerator polyurethane by mealworms

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2022
Refrigerator insulation replacement results in discarding a large amount of waste refrigerator polyurethane (WRPU). Insect larvae like mealworms have been used to biodegrade pristine plastics. However, knowledge about mealworms degrading WRPU is scarce.
Zhu, Ping, Gong, Shuangshuang, Deng, Mingqiang, Xia, Bin, Yang, Yazheng, Tang, Jiakang, Qian, Guangren, Yu, Fang, Goonetilleke, Ashantha, Li, Xiaowei   +9 more
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Chemical composition, fatty acid profile, antioxidant content, and microbiological loads of lesser mealworm, mealworm, and superworm larvae

Italian Journal of Animal Science
In the last decade, great attention was placed on insects to increase feed-food production without negatively affecting the environment. In this research study we compare three different insect species (Alphitobius diaperinus, Tenebrio molitor, and ...
Simona Mattioli, Filippo Fratini, Chiara Cacchiarelli, Valentina Martinis, Tiziano Tuccinardi, Gisella Paci, Alessandro Dal Bosco, Simone Mancini   +7 more
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Uptake and Survival of African Swine Fever Virus in Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) and Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae

Pathogens, 2022
Insect production offers a sustainable source of nutrients for livestock. This comes with a risk for transmission of pathogens from the insects into the livestock sector, including viruses causing serious diseases, such as African swine fever virus (ASFV)
Ann Sofie Olesen, Christina Marie Lazov, Antoine Lecocq, Francesc Accensi, Annette Bruun Jensen, Louise Lohse, Thomas Bruun Rasmussen, Graham J. Belsham, Anette Bøtner   +8 more
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