Selenium-Rich Black Soldier Fly Supplementation Enriches Serum Indexes and Egg Selenium Content in Laying Hens

• Published in: Biological trace element research 2024-11, Vol.202 (11), p.5251-5258
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yunting, Li, Changbao, Zhou, Yahao, Lu, Zhentao, Wen, Aiyou, Wu, Xuezhuang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animal Feed - analysis; Animals; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Catalase; Chickens; Design factors; Diet; Dietary Supplements; Diptera; Eggs; Eggs - analysis; Female; Glutathione; Hermetia illucens; Life Sciences; Malondialdehyde; Nutrition; Nutritive value; Oncology; Performance indices; Poultry; Selenium; Selenium - administration & dosage; Selenium - analysis; Selenium - blood; Selenium - pharmacology; Simuliidae; Sodium; Sodium selenite; Superoxide dismutase; Superoxide Dismutase - blood; Superoxide Dismutase - metabolism
• ISSN: 0163-4984; 1559-0720; 1559-0720
• DOI: 10.1007/s12011-024-04078-8

A certain amount of selenium (Se) is usually added to the diet of laying hens to improve the quality and nutritional value of eggs. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of selenium-rich black soldier fly (BSF) supplementation in diets on laying production performance, egg quality, serum indexes, and egg selenium content of Hy-line variety brown laying hens. A total of 288 at 49-week-old healthy laying hens were divided into 3 treatment groups with 6 replicates per group and 16 hens per replicate using a single-factor completely randomized design. Treatments consisted of (1) control (basal diet without supplemental Se), (2) 0.30 mg/kg supplemental Se, (Se as sodium selenite, SS), and (3) 0.30 mg/kg supplemental Se (Se as selenium-rich black soldier fly, SE-BSF). Laying performance was not affected by dietary Se. There was no effect of selenium-rich BSF on egg quality ( P  > 0.05). The contents of malonaldehyde (MDA) were significantly reduced ( P