Hermetia illucens in poultry feeding.

Abstract

As the human population increases, animal consumption increases and with-it animal production and feeding, increasing the pressure on the environment, water resources and biodiversity, contributing to climate change. Likewise, the amount of organic waste generated that is considered a threat to human health and the environment increases. For this reason, new strategies are required to produce food for animals and humans and the mitigation of environmental impacts. One of these strategies is the production of insects for animal and human food, which generates a high nutritional potential, improving the sustainability of production systems and contributing to environmental improvement. To meet the need in the increase in the demand for protein of animal origin given the population growth, the Hermetia illucens is one of the insects considered as enhancers and efficient, since they feed on organic matter accumulated in their larvae, therefore which is hardly associated with disease transmission. With the management of residues by the Hermetia illucens, a possible solution is estimated in the environmental problem and in the supply of food for the animals so that the native crops are not affected.