Welfare of the mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) breeding with regard to nutrition value and food safety
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Nutritional Value of Mealworm, Tenebrio molitor as Food Source
Nutrition value of mealworm, Tenebrio molitor was analyzed due to increasing demand of usage as a protein source for domestic animals and even further for human consumption. The purpose of the present work was to determine the chemical compostion of the Tenebrio molitor larvae, adult that were maintained under standard condition for further usage of mass-rearing system and its exuvium, and excr...
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IN three earlier papers (Wigglesworth, 1933, 1945, 1947a) the structure and deposition of the cuticle of Rhodnius proltxus have been described. The main conclusions reached were as follows. The epicuticle is a composite structure made up of four layers: (i) a 'cuticulin' layer composed of a condensed lipoprotein subsequently tanned by quinones; (ii) a layer of material rich in dihydroxyphenols;...
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IT has previously been shown that, under suitable experimental conditions, Tenebrio molttor reacts clearly to humidity (Pielou & Gunn, 1940) and that the humidity receptors are probably the pit-peg organs and peg organs on the antennae (Pielou, 1940). The present work is an attempt to analyse the mechanism of this reaction both qualitatively and quantitatively, in terms of elementary animal beh...
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Ingesting nutritionally imbalanced food can cause a significant reduction in fitness in insects. Insects can avoid the negative consequences of nutritional imbalances by selectively foraging for nutritionally complementary foods. We investigated the ability of the omnivorous beetle, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), to redress nutritional imbalances by selecting complementary foods....
متن کاملDifferences in critical thermal maxima and mortality across life stages of the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor.
Thermal limits to activity profoundly affect the abundance and distribution of ectothermic animals. Upper thermal limits to activity are typically reported as the critical thermal maximum (CT(max)), the temperature at which activity becomes uncontrolled. Thermolimit respirometry is a new technique that allows CT(max) to be quantified in small animals, such as insects, as the point of spiracular...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Potravinarstvo
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1337-0960
DOI: 10.5219/779