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I guess I'd summarize the feed conversion part as follows: - Crickets are slightly better than poultry at converting poultry feed into protein. - Crickets are
by DanI-S 11y ago
I guess I'd summarize the feed conversion part as follows:
- Crickets are slightly better than poultry at converting poultry feed into protein.
- Crickets are great at converting processed grocery store waste into protein; poultry can't do this at all.
- Both species are awful at converting low quality food waste (a mix of chicken poop and straw) into protein.
- The efficient feed conversion of modern poultry comes only after years of research, development and breeding; the efficient feed conversion of insects comes "out of the box" and will only improve over time.
- GordonS 11y ago> Both species are awful at converting low quality food waste (a mix of chicken poop and straw) into protein Wait - what? Do farmers really try to feed their chickens with chicken shit?!
- wodenokoto 11y agoThat's pretty much how we got Mad Cow Disease [1] A British and Irish inquiry into BSE concluded the epizootic was caused by cattle, which are normally herbivores, being fed the remains of other cattle in the form of meat and bone meal (MBM), which caused the infectious agent to spread [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopat...
- bduerst 11y agoThey were giving the cows feed that was salted with protein sourced from ground up sheep, of which there were trace amounts of neurological tissue containing the prions. It's not unusual for farmers to add amino acids as a supplement to feed. It's one of the targets for high-nitrogen (amino acid) GM corn.
- simonebrunozzi 11y agoVegetarian protein is also way more efficient than any animal-based protein. Why do we need crickets then? (honestly curious, no criticism)