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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Mealworms"”.
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Insects as a Sustainable Food Ingredient – Utilization of Carrot Pomace, Identification of Early Adopters, and Evaluation of Mealworm Acceptability
… the growing population. Edible insects such as mealworms require less land and resources and can utilize food by-products to grow. While insects are consumed by over 2 billion people worldwide, they are not widely accepted in developed countries like the United States because of their …
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A curate's egg: feeding birds during reproduction is 'good in parts'. A study of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus and great tits Parus major
… two commercial bird foods (peanut cake and mealworms \(Tenebrio\) \( molitor\) to blue tits \(Cyanistes\) \(caeruleus\) and great tits \(Parus\) \(major\) breeding in woodland in central England from 2006 to 2008. Supplementation advanced laying and reduced the number of young fledged …
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Selected experiments on growth and food conversion efficiency of bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus
… conversion efficiency by bluegill fed rations of mealworms. Two 30 day periods were utilized for each study. Part one, which examined the effect of aquarium volume on growth extended from January 20 to February 18 and from March 27 to April 25, 1972. Part two, which examined the effect of multiple …
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Evaluation of the nutritional values of seven insect meals for inclusion in poultry diets
… BSFL, one cricket meal, and two different mealworms. The cricket meal was the only insect meal that was mixed with corn such that a mixture of 15 g cricket meal and 15 g corn was precision-fed. Nutrient analysis was also conducted on these insect meals, and large variability was observed in …
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Enhancing the weaver ant, <i>Oecophylla smaragdina</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), for biological control of a shoot borer, <i>Hypsipyla robusta</i> (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Malaysian mahogany plantations
… colonies consumed more high-protein foods (live mealworms and fish) than high-carbohydrate liquid foods (honey and –weaver ant formula–, which contained sucrose and human muscle-training powder (Enerpro™)). Relocated colonies consumed more weaver ant formula and as many mealworms as established …
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From nest building to life-history patterns: does food supplementation influence reproductive behaviour of birds?
… available wild bird foods (peanut cake and mealworms [Tenebrio molitor]) to Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tits (Parus major) breeding in a woodland in Central England from 2007 to 2009. Supplementary feeding significantly advanced nest construction and decreased brood …
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Biology and control of the lesser mealworm: Alphitobius diaperinus, a structural pest in poultry houses
… Although preliminary tests show that adult mealworms will consume house fly late instar larvae and prepupae, no significant predation of the house fly by A. diaperinus could be detected under simulated natural conditions at the population density tested. Wettable powder formulations of …
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Object Individuation in Domestic Chicks (Gallus gallus)
… using imprinting objects and food items (i.e. mealworms) as stimuli of different category. Newborn chicks were exposed (i.e., imprinted) to sets of objects which were different or identical for property and property/kind information, and the chicksâ€TM spontaneous tendency to approach the …