Advocating Entomology: Insect Research for the Advancement of Animal Feed Applications
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 2670
Special Issue Editors
Interests: comparative animal nutrition
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue welcomes full papers from abstracts presented at the symposium “Advocating for Insects as Food and Feed", held as part of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America on November 2019, in St. Louis, MO. Manuscripts discussing entomological research which directly explores the biology of insects in animal feed by assessing insect performance and factors influencing current insect production operations will be considered with the aim to enhance animal feed applications. Highlighted research areas for improving animal feed, health and nutrition applications include supply chain considerations, economics and regulatory issues of insect farming, optimizing nutrient composition and feed ingredient safety in the use of insects in animal feed, and utilizing basic biological and animal husbandry principles to enhance insect production.
Dr. Ellen S. Dierenfeld
Dr. Elida M. Espinoza
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- insects
- entomology
- animal health
- by-product feeds
- disease control
- insect farming
- protein
- sustainability
- nutrition
- biological control