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understanding, exporting
using frass directly in chicken industry?
BSFL from India is highly
In India, the use of BSFL in
feed.
Can you provide a
profitable, we have
started, with major trials
nutritional and economic
production advantages, once
underway. The commercial
comparison between fish shrimp feed is just getting possible and can be
meal and insect meal? usage of BSFL in shrimp feed the required volume is
Insect BSFL meal pricing is currently will open up the evolution of achieved. The good news is
that the BSFL market and
the BSFL industry.
at par or slightly less than
sterilized fish meal pricing. Introducing BSFL as an industry are evolving
positively. The government
Meal - A When we look into the ingredient faces challenges must recognize and support
like ensuring a steady supply,
nutritional aspect good
quality fish meal typically and maintaining sufficient the industry to explore the
export market. This is
volume with consistent
Prospective contains around 64-65% quality. These challenges will important because
protein, whereas a BSFL meal
developing the BSFL industry
be tackled as the BSFL
contains 54-58% protein. The
fat content is usually below industry expands. As far as can help tackle two critical
Alternative 10% in both cases, current fluctuation in the issues in the country:
managing wet waste and
shrimp industry is
depending on the processing
methods used. Sometimes, concerned, it may deter the providing a sustainable
Anupa Velusamy the ash content in fish meal early adopters in the shrimp source of quality feed.
raises concerns. industry from delaying their Additionally, the
Kovai BSF BSFL offers more than just decision for the usage of biomolecular applications of
BSFL in their line of products. BSFL and its derivatives
protein; its bio-molecules
play a crucial role in Still, eventually, it will extend beyond animal feed;
happen, given the merits of they also hold potential for
enhancing overall health,
Anupa Velusamy, founder of KovaiBSF, is an BSFL biomolecules for the human use in the future.
feed conversion ratio (FCR),
industrial expert based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Aqua species. This aligns What were the main
India, specializing in commercial BSFL (Black and immunity. Components
with global trends in takeaways from the recent
Soldier Fly Larvae) production and post-harvest like AMPs, Lauric acid, and
processing for sustainable animal and aqua feed Chitin in BSFL improve aquafeed, and BSFL has Larvaecon India webinar?
manufacturing. She is a leading figure driving disease resistance in aqua already demonstrated its Larvaecon is India's first
sustainable solutions in the insect-based feed effectiveness in commercial
species. In the current digital conference on BSFL
production industry. salmon feed.
scenario, incorporating these organized by Favcy VB and
natural defenses into the diet What is the current Agremarket. It brought
What is your opinion on the use of poultry diets, enhancing the overall Utilizing frass directly as poultry feed can be economically production cost and what is together global leaders of the
insect meal in the poultry industry? health of the birds. Additionally, it's could pose challenges. It's important to beneficial and help partially the potential for exporting BSFL industry to discuss
The use of insect meal in poultry is worth exploring the use of live or consider the substrate used for rearing replace fish meal with BSFL insect meal? various aspects of the
industry. The discussions
technically feasible, Recent research sterilized frozen BSFL in poultry feed, a BSFL. If BSFL are raised in a meal. In the future, further Right now, the cost of revolved around the market
conducted by India's leading poultry practice already employed in other homogenous substrate like DDGS and research on BSFL producing BSFL meal varies scenario, gaps and
research institute, ICAR-DPR, under parts of the world. Some forward- have undergone proper preprocessing biomolecules and improved among suppliers. Unlike fish
Principal Scientist Dr. MVLN Raju, thinking poultry producers have already before being biologically processed by extraction methods could meal production, which tends challenges we faced and we
utilizing KovaiBSF's BSFL meal, indicates begun experimenting with this BSFL, the frass obtained could be safely lead to higher level inclusion to be concentrated in regional approached it. We also
that inclusion levels as high as 12% are approach, which could help reduce used. However, it would still need to be of BSFL meal in Aqua Feeds. clusters along coastal areas, talked about the general
aspects of farming BSFL and
viable. However, completely replacing costs in the long run. formulated into feed. Similarly, Chitin The insect meal industry BSFL production is spread further processing it into
soy meal with BSFL poses challenges for What are your thoughts on using by- extracted from BSFL exoskeletons can has good potential in the out. Market demand will value-added products. It
the industry, primarily due to cost products from insect farming in boost immunity but has also proven aqua feed industry, but the stabilize the pricing of BSFL
considerations and the difficulty of broiler feed? shrimp industry has been meal and as stated it can be acted as a platform to gather
anti-nutritional in poultry feed if it at par or slightly less than details for potential
matching the volume of soy with BSFL. (https://modernpoultry.media/insect- affected by fluctuating
exceeds a certain level. Considering this, sterilized fish meal, but hard entrepreneurs who want to
Nonetheless, BSFL and its derivatives farmings-byproducts-show-promise-as- demand in the
it might be more beneficial to develop a to bring the price down to enter the BSFL industry.
can serve as effective supplements in broiler-feed/?mp=1713358981609) international market. What
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