Acta Vet. Brno 2021, 90: 349-356

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202190030349

The effect of yellow mealworm larvae meal supplementation in broiler diets on meat quality

Ondřej Šťastník1, Jakub Novotný1, Andrea Roztočilová1, Miroslav Jůzl2, Markéta Piechowiczová2, Petr Kouřil3, Silvie Satrapová4, Lubor Lacina4, Libor Kalhotka3, Leoš Pavlata1, Eva Mrkvicová1

1Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Brno, Czech Republic
2Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Food Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
3Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Brno, Czech Republic
4Underground Food s.r.o, Brno, Czech Republic

Received November 16, 2020
Accepted August 31, 2021

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