Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A Review
Poultry litter waste management poses a significant global challenge, attributed to its characteristics (odorous, organic, pathogenic, attracting flies). Conventional approaches to managing poultry litter involve composting, biogas generation, or direct field application. Recently, there has been a...
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| description | Poultry litter waste management poses a significant global challenge, attributed to its characteristics (odorous, organic, pathogenic, attracting flies). Conventional approaches to managing poultry litter involve composting, biogas generation, or direct field application. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in a novel technology that involves the bioconversion of organic waste utilizing insects (known as entomoremediation), particularly focusing on black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), and has demonstrated successful transformation of various organic waste materials into insect meal and frass (referred to as organic frasstilizer). Black soldier flies have the capacity to consume any organic waste material (ranging from livestock litter, food scraps, fruit and vegetable residues, sewage, sludge, municipal solid waste, carcasses, and defatted seed meal) and convert it into valuable BSFL insect meal (suitable for animal feed) and frass (serving as an organic fertilizer). The bioconversion of poultry litter by black soldier flies offers numerous advantages over traditional methods, notably in terms of reduced land and water requirements, lower emissions, cost-effectiveness, swift processing, and the production of both animal feeds and organic fertilizers. This review focuses on the existing knowledge of BSFL, their potential in bioconverting poultry litter into BSFL meal and frass, and the utilization of BSFL in poultry nutrition, emphasizing the necessity for further innovation to enhance this sustainable circular economy approach. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-67e907b693124f60803ae52cbca316df2025-01-24T13:35:34ZengMDPI AGInsects2075-44502024-12-011611210.3390/insects16010012Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A ReviewAnand Raj Kumar Kullan0Arumuganainar Suresh1Hong Lim Choi2Elke Gabriel Neumann3Fatima Hassan4Department of Integrative Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 15551, United Arab EmiratesResourcification Research Center for Crop-Animal Farming, Seoul 151-742, Republic of KoreaResourcification Research Center for Crop-Animal Farming, Seoul 151-742, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Integrative Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 15551, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Integrative Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 15551, United Arab EmiratesPoultry litter waste management poses a significant global challenge, attributed to its characteristics (odorous, organic, pathogenic, attracting flies). Conventional approaches to managing poultry litter involve composting, biogas generation, or direct field application. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in a novel technology that involves the bioconversion of organic waste utilizing insects (known as entomoremediation), particularly focusing on black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), and has demonstrated successful transformation of various organic waste materials into insect meal and frass (referred to as organic frasstilizer). Black soldier flies have the capacity to consume any organic waste material (ranging from livestock litter, food scraps, fruit and vegetable residues, sewage, sludge, municipal solid waste, carcasses, and defatted seed meal) and convert it into valuable BSFL insect meal (suitable for animal feed) and frass (serving as an organic fertilizer). The bioconversion of poultry litter by black soldier flies offers numerous advantages over traditional methods, notably in terms of reduced land and water requirements, lower emissions, cost-effectiveness, swift processing, and the production of both animal feeds and organic fertilizers. This review focuses on the existing knowledge of BSFL, their potential in bioconverting poultry litter into BSFL meal and frass, and the utilization of BSFL in poultry nutrition, emphasizing the necessity for further innovation to enhance this sustainable circular economy approach.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16/1/12bioconversionblack soldier fly larvaepoultry litterentomoremediationinsect mealfrasstilizer |
| spellingShingle | Anand Raj Kumar Kullan Arumuganainar Suresh Hong Lim Choi Elke Gabriel Neumann Fatima Hassan Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A Review Insects bioconversion black soldier fly larvae poultry litter entomoremediation insect meal frasstilizer |
| title | Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A Review |
| title_full | Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A Review |
| title_short | Bioconversion of Poultry Litter into Insect Meal and Organic Frasstilizer Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Circular Economy Model for the Poultry Industry: A Review |
| title_sort | bioconversion of poultry litter into insect meal and organic frasstilizer using black soldier fly larvae as a circular economy model for the poultry industry a review |
| topic | bioconversion black soldier fly larvae poultry litter entomoremediation insect meal frasstilizer |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16/1/12 |
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