Black soldier fly larvae as edible enrichment

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The black soldier fly (BSFL) offers a range of opportunities for pigs, not only as a feed ingredient, but also as edible enrichment. Providing small daily portions of live BSFL to piglets after weaning has benefits for their behaviour while maintaining performance. Commercial piglets are often abruptly weaned at an early age, when they are not yet accustomed to eating solid feed. The unfamiliarity with solid feed combined with the stress piglets experience during weaning often leads to diminish


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Vincent
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Kees van
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Treena
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Ipema