Administration of live soldier fly larvae, degreased meal and soldier fly fat in the weaning, leaning and fattening stages of pigs.

Partner: ¹Simona Belperio, ¹Luca Sardi, ¹Giovanna Martelli, ²Marco Meneguz, ²Arianna Cattaneo
¹University of Bologna
²Bef Biosystems

Goals:

• Evaluate the use of live larvae as enrichment at the weaning stage
• Evaluate use of degreased meal and soldier fly fat in the feeding of fattening and leaning pigs
• The trial began in April 2023 and will end in September 2023.

Person of interest:
Luca Sardi, associate professor at the University of Bologna: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/luca.sardi
Giovanna Martelli, professor at the University of Bologna: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/giovanna.martelli

Expected Results: Work in progress