Manuel Fondevila Camps

University of Saragossa - Spain Author

Manuel Fondevila Camps has a Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine/Science. He is currently Professor of Animal Nutrition at the Faculty of VeterinaryMedicine/Science of the University of Saragossa and Dean of the MSc in Animal Nutrition taught at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Saragossa. He has a great teaching and research experience in the nutrition of ruminants and monogastric animals.

Main lines of research

• Assessment of raw materials and their technological treatment

• Microbial fermentation and synthesis in the digestive tract of herbivores

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Insects as an alternative raw material in pig feed

Products obtained from insects have a high proportion of crude protein: 40-44% in the case of the black soldier fly larvae, or up to 60% in the case of black fly larvae or in grasshoppers, and even reaching 70% in the case of silkworms.

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22-Aug-2017austinmlowokaThis is quite interesting research Manuel and Angeles especially as they are found locally and it seems sheaper compared to crop protein sources as they do breed in manure also and im interested in that and thinking beyond to the Malawi situations.

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Insects as an alternative raw material in pig feed

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