{"title":"Review: Nutrient requirements of migratory and desert locusts farmed for food or feed.","authors":"W Yakti, D G A B Oonincx","doi":"10.1016/j.animal.2025.101558","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Locusts are important pests of crops and natural vegetation, and they have been intensively studied in the last decades. With the emergence of insect farming for food and feed applications, the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) and the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) hold great potential due to their high nutritional value and suitability for large-scale production. In this review, existing literature on nutritional requirements of these two species, and the interplay between dietary composition, locust growth, and performance are summarised. The provision of nutritionally balanced feed plays critical roles in sustaining physiological functions, which in turn reflect in their zoological performance. The article provides insights into optimising feed for locust farming and identifies knowledge gaps in available knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":50789,"journal":{"name":"Animal","volume":" ","pages":"101558"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Animal","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101558","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Locusts are important pests of crops and natural vegetation, and they have been intensively studied in the last decades. With the emergence of insect farming for food and feed applications, the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) and the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) hold great potential due to their high nutritional value and suitability for large-scale production. In this review, existing literature on nutritional requirements of these two species, and the interplay between dietary composition, locust growth, and performance are summarised. The provision of nutritionally balanced feed plays critical roles in sustaining physiological functions, which in turn reflect in their zoological performance. The article provides insights into optimising feed for locust farming and identifies knowledge gaps in available knowledge.
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animal attracts the best research in animal biology and animal systems from across the spectrum of the agricultural, biomedical, and environmental sciences. It is the central element in an exciting collaboration between the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) and represents a merging of three scientific journals: Animal Science; Animal Research; Reproduction, Nutrition, Development. animal publishes original cutting-edge research, ''hot'' topics and horizon-scanning reviews on animal-related aspects of the life sciences at the molecular, cellular, organ, whole animal and production system levels. The main subject areas include: breeding and genetics; nutrition; physiology and functional biology of systems; behaviour, health and welfare; farming systems, environmental impact and climate change; product quality, human health and well-being. Animal models and papers dealing with the integration of research between these topics and their impact on the environment and people are particularly welcome.
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