The effect of dietary black soldier fly ( Hermetia illucens ) meal on flathead grey mullet ( Mugil cephalus ) liver transcriptomic response and fillet quality was assessed. To this end, 360 juvenile flathead grey mullets (weight = 40.2 ± 0.5 g) were randomly divided into four experimental groups. Fish were fed a reference diet (BSF0) and three experimental diets in which graded levels of partially defatted black soldier fly me...

Over the last decades, an insect meal has received great attention for finfish diets, due to its nutritional composition and low ecological footprint. In the present study, we assessed the response of gut microbiota composition and liver histology of gilthead seabream ( Sparus aurata ) fed four experimental diets including the black soldier fly ( Hermetia illucens ) meal (HI) used to replace 0 (HI0), 25 (HI25), 35 (HI35) and 5...

This review presents several alternatives to replace antibiotic therapy and make the European aquaculture industry more friendly and environmentally sustainable. The first part of this review highlights the growing importance of the aquaculture industry worldwide for its ability to supply low-cost proteins and lipids. The second part discusses different strategies for these replacements, from recombinant vaccines to diets with...