Effect Of Dried Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens) Larvae Feed On Growth Performance And Cost Analysis Of Crossbreed Village Chicken

An abstract of the research paper presented to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, in partial requirement of the course DVT 55204 – Research Project. Demand for poultry meat is increasing drastically due to the high population and nutritional food that creates pressure on the poultry industry to be more efficient. This research project aims to study the potential of Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae feed on the growth performance and cost analysis of the crossbreed village chicken. This experiment was conducted for 9 weeks (63 Days) using Day 1 old chickens (n=30). All chickens were divided into three groups consisting of 10 chickens each; T1: commercial concentrate diet as control, T2 : commercial concentrate diet with 5% dried black soldier fly larvae, and T3 : commercial concentrate diet with 10% dried black soldier fly larvae. The growth performance of crossbred village chickens was assessed for a period of 9 weeks (63 days). During studies, the body weight (g) of chicken was recorded weekly. The amount of feed given (g) was recorded weekly to observe the feed intake. After 63 days, the final body weight of the chicken was recorded. Results showed that the body weight of the chicken was affected by adding the dried black soldier fly larvae (p<0.05), but there is no significance between adding 5% and 10% of dried black soldier fly larvae (p>0.05). However, the cost of adding dried black soldier fly larvae slightly increased compared to commercial concentrated diets only. In conclusion, adding the dried black soldier fly larvae into the commercial concentrate diet shows the impact on the growth performance with good nutritional value.
Keywords: Commercial concentrate diet, Cost analysis, Dried black soldier fly larvae, Growth performance and Nutritional value.