Black soldier fly as protein source (Ishikawa)

 Black soldier fly is expected to solve food waste matter because it consumes various organic materials. Larvae can be sold as feed for animals after growing up because they contain rich nutrients such as protein. I found that they are sold for reptiles on the internet. Price is around 500 yen per 50g. Explanation of product says those larvae have high calcium consuming milk. Calcium seems to be important for reptiles as well as human. According to article, lack of calcium induces Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD), which often happen if human rear reptiles in wrong way. And balance between amount of calcium and phosphorus is important for absorbing calcium efficiently. Excess phosphorus inhibits absorbing of calcium. Therefore, if we consider the balance of calcium and phosphorus in bsf rearing, we can produce more valuable feed.

幼虫が種々の有機物を消費することから、食品廃棄物の処理への期待がされているアメリカミズアブ。廃棄物を処理した幼虫は、蛋白質などの栄養を多く含むことから動物の餌として販売できます。インターネットで調べると、爬虫類用の餌として販売されています。相場は50gの幼虫で500円ほどです。ある製品の概要欄には、餌に牛乳を使用して高カルシウムの幼虫に育てていると書いてありました。人間と同様に、爬虫類にとってもカルシウムは重要なようですね。そこで、爬虫類について調べてみると、カルシウム不足は、爬虫類を適切に飼育出来なかった際に起こりやすい代謝性骨異栄養症（MBD）の原因なようです。さらに、カルシウムの効率的な吸収には、摂取するリンの量とのバランスが重要なようです。リンが過剰になるとカルシウムの吸収が阻害されてしまいます。つまり、アメリカミズアブをリンとカルシウムの割合を考慮して飼育すると、より高品質な餌を生産できるということです。

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