• 대한수의학회지
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.36.1-36.8
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• 2021

The objective of this study was to evaluate the beneficial effects of the short-term application of insect-based diet in canine allergic dermatitis. Total 19 atopic dogs with concurrent cutaneous adverse food reactions were enrolled and classified into 3 groups. The treatment group (n = 7) was fed insect-based diet, the positive control group (n = 6) was fed salmon-based diet, and the negative control group (n = 6) was fed commercial or homemade diet for 12 weeks. The degree of skin lesions was evaluated based on canine atopic dermatitis extent and severity index (CADESI-4). Additionally, transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and pruritus visual analog scale were evaluated. All indices were evaluated every 4 weeks after the initial administration of hypoallergenic diets. In the treatment group, significant decrease in the CADESI-4 score was observed at 8 weeks compared to the baseline score (p = 0.031). There were significant differences in the CADESI-4 score between the groups at 8 weeks (p = 0.008), 12 weeks (p = 0.012), and TEWL at 12 weeks (p = 0.022). This preliminary result demonstrates the potential hypoallergenicity of an insect-based diet through features that diminish cutaneous lesions and skin barrier dysfunction.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2016

Mealworms, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), are widely used as food sourcefor animal rearing as well as human diet. Conventionally, mealworms raised on wheat bran. In this study, we investigated the effects of brewer's spent grain (BSG) on the growth of mealworm larvae to reduce the rearing cost. We prepared five different diets with various BSG content, 0, 10, 30, 50, and 70% of heated air dried BSG with wheat bran. We compared survivorship, larval weight, developmental duration, pupation rate, and pupal weight of five different groups of T. molitor raised on these five diets. The larval survivorships were almost similar with the control group except a group with 70% of BSG. For the larval weight, groups with 30% and 50% of BSG gained more weight than that with control treatment, 0% of BSG. For the developmental period, the groups with 30% of BSG took less time compared to the control group. In all treatment groups, more than 90% of pupation rate were observed. Especially, the group with 30% of BSG showed highest pupation rate among the five groups. Wheat bran with 30~50% of BSG was the optimal diet for successive insect rearing among the five diet treatments. Based on this study, we concluded that adding BSG to wheat bran helps to improve the quality of T. molitor and to reduce the rearing period.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.1109-1117
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• 2020

아메리카왕거저리 유충 인공사료의 영양학적 우수성과 안전성을 검증하고자 인공사료와 밀기울로 사육한 아메리카왕거저리 유충의 영양성분과 유해물질을 비교분석하였다. 건조중량 기준 조단백질 함량은 인공사료로 사육한 아메리카왕거저리 유충(AD)에서 62.4%로 밀기울로 사육한 아메리카왕거저리 유충(WB) 45.2%보다 1.4배 더 많았다. 조지방은 AD에서 20.5%로 WB 46.3%보다 2.3배 더 적었다. 필수아미노산 중 로이신 함량이 가장 많았으며, AD에서 4.2%로 WB (3.0%)보다 1.4배 더 많았다. 비필수아미노산 또한 글루탐산 함량이 AD (7.0%)에서 WB (5.3%)보다 1.3배 더 많았다. 불포화지방산 중 올레산 함량은 WB (37.0%)에서 AD (26.7%)보다 1.4배 더 많은 것으로 나타났다. 다량무기질 중 가장 많은 함량을 나타낸 칼륨은 AD (975.9 mg/100 g)에서 WB (872.9 mg/100 g)보다 1.1배 더 많았다. 미량무기질 중 아연은 WB (6.5 mg/100 g)와 AD (6.3 mg/100 g)에서 비슷한 함량을 나타냈다. WB와 AD의 유해물질 분석 결과, 중금속 중 납, 카드뮴은 식용곤충의 중금속 기준에 적합한 수준이었고, 병원성 미생물인 대장균, 대장균군, 살모넬라균은 WB와 AD 모두에서 불검출되었다. 위의 영양성분 및 유해물질 분석결과로 볼 때, 인공사료로 사육한 아메리카왕거저리 유충은 다양한 영양성분을 함유하고 있으며, 안전성이 입증되었으므로 식용 및 사료용으로 활용하기에 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2020

The definition of meat analog refers to the replacement of the main ingredient with other than meat. It also called a meat substitute, meat alternatives, fake or mock meat, and imitation meat. The increased importance of meat analog in the current trend is due to the health awareness among consumers in their diet and for a better future environment. The factors that lead to this shift is due to low fat and calorie foods intake, flexitarians, animal disease, natural resources depletion, and to reduce greenhouse gas emission. Currently, available marketed meat analog products are plant-based meat in which the quality (i.e., texture and taste) are similar to the conventional meat. The ingredients used are mainly soy proteins with novel ingredients added, such as mycoprotein and soy leghemoglobin. However, plant-based meat is sold primarily in Western countries. Asian countries also will become a potential market in the near future due to growing interest in this product. With the current advance technology, lab-grown meat with no livestock raising or known as cultured meat will be expected to boost the food market in the future. Also, insect-based products will be promising to be the next protein resource for human food. Nevertheless, other than acceptability, cost-effective, reliable production, and consistent quality towards those products, product safety is the top priority. Therefore, the regulatory frameworks need to be developed alongside.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제101권2호
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• pp.305-308
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• 2012

회양목과 INSECTA F-II(Nihon Nosan Co., Ltd)를 3:7 비율로 섞은 인공사료를 이용하여 회양목명나방을 사육하면서 1~4세대까지의 발육특성을 조사하였다. 인공사료로 키운 회양목명나방의 유충기간은 기주식물인 회양목 잎을 이용하여 키웠을 때보다 더 길었다. 인공사료로 키운 세대 중 1세대와 나머지 세대 간에도 유충기간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 용화율은 4세대에서 가장 높았으며 다음으로 3, 2, 1세대 순이었다. 번데기 기간은 1세대와 3세대에서만 통계적으로 유의한 차이를보였다. 우화율은 4세대에서 가장 높았으며 3, 1, 2세대 순이었다. 암수 성충의 크기는 1세대와 4세대 간에 유의한 차이가 보였다. 본 실험에서는 인공사료를 이용하여 회양목명나방 사육이 연중 가능하다는 것을 보여주었고, 4세대에 가면 인공사료에 대한 적응이 완전히 이루어진다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.342-354
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• 2021

Purpose: Obesity is a serious public health issue for the modern society and is considered a chronic health hazard. There are many surgical and pharmacological approaches to treat obesity. However, various potentially hazardous side effects remain the biggest challenge. Therefore, diets based on foods derived from natural products have gained increasing attention compared to anti-obesity drugs. Recently, research on edible insects as a food source has been a topic of considerable interest in the scientific communities. This study examined the anti-obesity effects of ingesting an edible insect by feeding a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mouse models with a diet containing Tenebrio molitor larvae powder (TMLP). Methods: Six-week-old female C57BL/6J mice were divided into 4 groups according to treatment: 100% normal diet (ND), 100% HFD (HFD), HFD 99% + TMLP 1% (TMLP), and HFD 97% + TMLP 3% (TMLP 3%). TMLP was added to the HFD for 6 weeks for the latter two groups. Results: Compared to the HFD group, mice in the TMLP group showed weight loss, and micro-computed tomographic imaging revealed that the volume of the adipose tissue in the abdominal area also showed significant reduction. After an autopsy, the fat weight was found to be significantly reduced in the TMLP group compared to the HFD group. In addition, the degree of fat cell deposition in the liver tissue and the size of the adipocytes significantly decreased in the TMLP group. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis for the mRNA expression of adipogenesis-related genes namely CCAAT-enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBP-β, C/EBP-δ), and fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) showed that the expression levels of these genes were significantly reduced in the TMLP group compared to the HFD group. Serum leptin level also decreased significantly in the TMLP group in the comparison with the HFD group. In addition, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and glucose levels in mouse serum also decreased in the TMLP group. Conclusion: Taken together, our results showed that TMLP effectively inhibited adipocyte growth and reduced body weight in obese mice.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.857-860
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• 2023

We investigated the fecal properties and hemoglobin levels in dogs fed with general canine diets and 7 black soldier fly-based companion canine diets. A total of 16 dogs, including 8 poodles (average weight 2.7±0.5 kg) and 8 bichon frises (average weight 2.0±0.5 kg) were used in this study. The changes in fecal properties of all treatments at 0 weeks and 2 weeks showed no significant differences (p>0.05). However, at 4 weeks, compared to the control group, all black soldier fly-based companion canine diets have an effect on fecal properties (p<0.05). Hemoglobin levels in all treatments were within the normal range. Therefore, feeding black soldier fly-based diets to canines affected the fecal properties and the hemoglobin level was not of clinical concern since it was within the desired reference intervals for healthy canines, indicating that the effect of iron supplementation and anemia prevention was not observed.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.979-986
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• 2016

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dried mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and blood profiles in weaning pigs. A total of 120 weaning pigs ($28{\pm}3days$ and $8.04{\pm}0.08kg$ of body weight) were allotted to one of five treatments, based on sex and body weight, in 6 replicates with 4 pigs per pen by a randomized complete block design. Supplementation level of dried mealworm was 0%, 1.5%, 3.0%, 4.5%, or 6.0% in experimental diet as treatment. Two phase feeding programs (phase I from 0 day to 14 day, phase II from 14 day to 35 day) were used in this experiment. All animals were allowed to access diet and water ad libitum. During phase I, increasing level of dried mealworm in diet linearly improved the body weight (p<0.01), average daily gain (ADG) (p<0.01) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) (p<0.01). During phase II, ADG also tended to increase linearly when pigs were fed higher level of dried mealworm (p = 0.08). In addition, increasing level of dried mealworm improved the ADG (p<0.01), ADFI (p<0.05) and tended to increase gain to feed ratio (p = 0.07) during the whole experimental period. As dried mealworm level was increased, nitrogen retention and digestibility of dry matter as well as crude protein were linearly increased (p = 0.05). In the results of blood profiles, decrease of blood urea nitrogen (linear, p = 0.05) and increase of insulin-like growth factor (linear, p = 0.03) were observed as dried mealworm was increased in diet during phase II. However, there were no significant differences in immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG concentration by addition of dried mealworm in the growth trial. Consequently, supplementation of dried mealworm up to 6% in weaning pigs' diet improves growth performance and nutrient digestibility without any detrimental effect on immune responses.

• 환경생물
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2019

본 연구에서는, 한약재 부산물을 흰점박이꽃무지 유충의 먹이원으로 활용하기 위해서, 영양성분 함량, 중금속 함량, 유충의 생육효과에 미치는 영향을 분석했다. 먹이원의 영양성분을 비교한 결과, 조섬유를 제외한 조단백, 조지방, 조회분 함량이 미발효, 발효조건 한약재 부산물 모두에서 높게 나타났으며, 특히 조단백질의 함량이 매우 높게 나타났다. 먹이원의 안정성을 확인하기 위하여 한약재 부산물의 카드뮴, 납, 수은 등의 중금속 분석 결과, 모두 불검출로 먹이원으로써의 안정성을 확인할 수 있었다. 먹이원에 따른 생육 비교에서는 참나무 발효톱밥을 급이한 대조구와 한약재 부산물을 급이한 실험구는 1~3주차까지 큰 차이가 없다가 4주차 유충의 중량이 대조구는 0.137 g, 실험구는 0.671 g으로 유의한 수준에서 차이를 보이기 시작했다. 한약재 부산물 첨가별 급이에 따른 흰점박이꽃무지 유충의 중량을 비교한 결과 7주차에서 HMB40이 가장 높은 중량을 보였다. 통계분석 결과 5주차의 HMB40, HMB80의 각각의 중량과 유의적으로 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 식용곤충의 출하시기를 3령 유충으로 보았을 때 5주차에 이미 출하시점에 도달했음을 의미하며, 이는 HMB40, HMB80 조건의 급이가 가장 효율적이라는 것을 나타낸다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제62권3호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2023

소형 곤충으로 좁은 틈새에 있는 총채벌레는 종종 살충제 살포에 노출되기 어렵다. 이에 접촉페로몬을 처리하여 은둔행동을 막으려는 행동교란 방제 전략을 세웠다. 꽃노랑총채벌레(Frankliniella occidentalis)에서 밝혀진 접촉페로몬은 7-methyltricosane (7TM)으로 본 연구에서는 먹이에 이 물질을 처리하여 행동 교란 유무를 생물검정하였다. 이 접촉페로몬은 유충에게 영향을 주지 않았지만 수컷 성충으로 하여금 처리된 먹이로부터 회피하려는 행동을 유발하였다. 반면에 암컷 성충에게는 오히려 7TM이 처리된 지역으로 이동하는 행동을 유발하였다. 동일한 접촉페로몬에 대해서 대만총채벌레(Frankliniella intonsa)에서도 유사한 행동 변화가 관찰되었다. 이러한 7TM에 기인한 총채벌레의 행동 변화를 살충제 처리와 연결하여 고추를 가해하는 총채벌레류를 대상으로 방제효과를 검정하였다. 스피네토람 살충제 단독 처리에 비해 7TM과 혼합하여 처리하면 총채벌레류 방제효율이 증가하였다. 흥미로운 점은 7TM 단독 처리로도 대만총채벌레 밀도에 일부 감소 효과를 보여 이 물질이 총채벌레의 행동교란을 주는 것을 뒤받침하였다. 본 연구는 접촉페로몬 처리로 총채벌레의 살충제 회피 행동을 줄여 방제효과를 높인 새로운 해충방제기술을 제시한다.