• M Abdulkarim
• G Yerima
• R Sabo
• B A Jinjiri
• M Ali

Backyard and large scale poultry farming largely relied on using well balance feed to effectively improve productivity, this resulted in increasing production cost which account for approximately 60-70% of total expenditure. To cut down this unnecessary expenses, there is a need to develop an alternative, inexpensive and effective substitute to replace the expensive ingredients especially protein during general feed formulation. Black solder fly Larvae contains high quality protein which scientifically believed to be a recipe to replace expensive protein source like fish meal. The present research is aimed to established a dietary supplement using Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) as an alternative source of protein for growth performance and general wellbeing of poultry broilers. A total of 256 broiler chicks (day- old) were randomly allocated to 4 dietary treatments of 64 birds each as replicate. The group consist of; BSFL0 (control), followed by BSFL1, BSFL2, and BSFL3 with different BSFL meal inclusion levels of 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% respectively. There is no clinical sign and mortality recorded during the course of the trial. However, the experimental group BSFL3 recorded the highest final body weight(4006g) which is significantly (p<0.05) different compare to BSFL1 with final body weight of (3886g), but significantly (p>0.05) similar to BSFL0 (control) and BSFL2 groups with final body weight of (3972g) and (3956g) respectively. In regards to their average daily feed intake (ADFI), there is no significance different between all the groups. The present study have revealed that, the conventional protein source; fish meal can be replaced with black soldier fly larvae meal in broiler diets without any adverse effect on growth performance and general wellbeing of poultry broiler.

Broilers, Black Soldier Fly Larvae, poultry feed, protein source, Fish meal

"ESTABLISHMENT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT USING BLACK SOLDIER FLY LARVAE (Hermetia illucens) AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF PROTEIN FOR GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND GENERAL WELLBEING OF POULTRY BROILER.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.e167-e174, May-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105560.pdf

"ESTABLISHMENT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT USING BLACK SOLDIER FLY LARVAE (Hermetia illucens) AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF PROTEIN FOR GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND GENERAL WELLBEING OF POULTRY BROILER.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no. ppe167-e174, May-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105560.pdf