Supplementation of Selenium-enriched Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Meal on Growth Performance, Blood Parameters, and Immune Function in Broiler Ducks

David Kurniawan; Eko Widodo; Agus Susilo; Osfar Sjofjan

doi:10.14334/jitv.v29i4.3452

Supplementation of Selenium-enriched Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Meal on Growth Performance, Blood Parameters, and Immune Function in Broiler Ducks

David Kurniawan, Eko Widodo, Agus Susilo, Osfar Sjofjan

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14334/jitv.v29i4.3452

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Se-enriched Hermetia illucens larvae meal (Se-BSF) on production performance, blood biochemistry, and immune status of broiler ducks. A total of 200 one-day-old Hybrid broiler ducks without sex were randomly allocated into four groups, each with five replications of 10 duckling. Broiler ducks were fed diets with a controlled diet, an experimental diet with 5% and 7.5% Se-BSF, and a positive control with 10 mg/kg Se-Yeast, respectively, daily for 49-days with drinking water. The results showed that the performance production, on the carcass traits, and visceral organs of broiler ducks was significant affected (p <0.001) by Se-BSF supplementation. Dietary 7.5% Se-BSF showed trends in decreasing the feed intake, final body weight, average daily gain, feed eficiency ratio and increasing the feed convertion ratio. The effect of dietary Se-BSF were significant differences (p <0.001) between all treatments in live body weight, carcass weight, dressing, breast meat, thight meat, liver, and spleen. The addition of Se-BSF to broiler ducks’ diet showed no significant differences between all treatments in heart, gizzard, abdominal fat, and bursa. The effects of dietary 5 to 7.5% Se-BSF had significantly affected (p <0.001) on HDL, LDL, Cholesterol, Triglyceride, Ig-A, SOD, and IL-6 level in serum compared with control and 10 mg/kg yeast-Se. These results indicate that dietary Se-BSF improves blood biochemistry and immune function of broiler ducks, indicating potential benefit from use of Se-BSF as a feed additive in the poultry industry.

Keywords

BSF larvae meal, growth performance, immunity, organic selenium

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