Review Article
A Review and Meta-analysis of the Effects of Replacing Fishmeal with Insect Meals on Growth of Tilapias and Sharptooth Catfish
Table 1
Proximate composition (%) of insects in Southern Africa and the nutritional requirements of tilapias and sharptooth catfish.
| Components | Gonimbrasia belina1 | Schistocerca gregaria2 | Musca domestica2 | Macrotermes sp.3 | Gryllotalpa africana2 | Fishmeal1 | Tilapias4 | Sharptooth catfish5 |
| Crude protein | 56.83 | 50.79 | 50.4 | 54.69 | 59.46 | 65.5 | 30 | 40-42 | Lipids | 12.92 | 13 | 18.9 | 2.90 | 15.19 | 12.0 | 5-6 | 9-12 | Carbohydrates | 12.14 | 13.46 | 4.37 | 36.71 | 21.81 | 1.8 | — | — | Ash | 10.40 | 2.42 | 6.25 | 3.70 | 4.66 | 18 | — | — |
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1Rapatsa and Moyo [ 31]; 2Tran et al. [ 34]; 3Ntukuyoh et al. [ 35]; 4Jauncey et al. [ 23]; 5Hecht et al. [ 36]. |