This study was conducted to investigate the effects of various agricultural by-products of Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (PBS) larvae on nutritional components. The treatment groups were as follows: control; 200 g soy pulp + 20 g third instar PBS la...
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of various agricultural by-products of Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (PBS) larvae on nutritional components. The treatment groups were as follows: control; 200 g soy pulp + 20 g third instar PBS larvae; T1; 200 g mugwort by-products + 20 g third instar PBS larvae; T2; 200 g Houttuynia cordata by-products + 20 g third instar PBS larvae. Overall, feeding soy pulp, mugwort, and Houttuynia cordata by-products to PBS larvae significantly affected the nutritional components (dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), crude fat (CF), and crude ash (CA)), and the ADF and NDF contents (p<0.05). In particular, the soy pulp-treated group had more than twice the protein content and lower ADF and NDF contents than the other treatment groups. These results suggest that soy pulp could be an alternative feed source for PBS larvae when considering insect growth.