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>Conducted parasitological examination suggests that edible insects may be the most important parasite vector for domestic insectivorous animals Bummer. I was
by dirtyid 4y ago
>Conducted parasitological examination suggests that edible insects may be the most important parasite vector for domestic insectivorous animals
Bummer. I was aquainted with some folks in insect farming who tried to get novel food regulations moving years ago that for whatever reason gave up and fell back to insect based flours/protein powders and animal feed. Some of them had pretty interesting proposals integrating insect farming with recycling urban bio waste that then gets turned into animal feed which looked good on paper but I always wondered if that was recipe for disease. That said, crickets taste pretty good fried, but for some reason I don't like the idea of the meat I eat being fed on crickets.
- ZeroGravitas 4y ago> > edible insects may be the most important parasite vector for domestic insectivorous animals > Bummer. You quote this as a bummer, but even if we change the 'may be' to 'definately is' I don't see how this is unexpected? 'Domestic animals' avoid a lot of parasite vectors that wild animals face, and if you have a pet reptile that eats insects, then there's not that many other places for it to get parasites from.