Open AccessFATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF ZOPHOBAS MORIO MEAL WORM AND HERMETIA ILLUCENS GARVES AND THEIR EFFECT ON LIVING WEIGHT OF YOUNG WHITE RATS
Author(s) -
R.M. Papaev,
G.G. Shalamova,
T.Yu. Motina,
M.S. Talan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
učenye zapiski kazanskoj gosudarstvennoj akademii veterinarnoj mediciny im. n.è. baumana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2413-4201
DOI - 10.31588/2413-4201-1883-245-1-150-153
Subject(s) - hermetia illucens , lauric acid , food science , biology , polyunsaturated fatty acid , linoleic acid , meal , composition (language) , oleic acid , larva , fatty acid , zoology , botany , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy
The article presents the results of studies of the fatty acid composition of Zophobas morio mealworms and Hermetia illucens larvae. It was found that the insects contained saturated and mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Comparative analysis of insects showed that the most at-tractive in terms of unsaturated acids was the composition of mealworms, where sapienic, linoleic, oleic and cervonic fatty acids prevailed. More than 70 % of the larvae contained saturated fatty ac-ids with a significant proportion of lauric and myristic acids. It was found that the use of mealworms Zophobas morio and larvae of Hermetia illucens in live and dried form in feeding young white rats provided an increase in live weight by 12.1-16.7 and 11.4-14.0 % in comparison with control animals.