House crickets (Othroptera: Gryllidae: Acheta domesticus) reared in small-scale laboratory conditions harbour limited viral flora

Sammanfattning

Insects, such as crickets, are being used as a viable food source in many regions of the world, given their nutritional value for human and animal consumption. This study investigated the viral communities present in European house crickets and whether feed influences the composition of the crickets’ virome. The crickets were reared under environmentally controlled conditions and fed fresh red clover (fresh), red clover haylage (haylage), red clover hay (hay) or control feed. The viral metagenomic analysis of six replicates from each feed treatment showed that only a few reads were classified as viruses, mainly assigned to phages and insect-related viruses. A significant difference (P

Nyckelord

insects; feeds; red clover; viruses; metagenomics

Publicerad i

Journal of insects as food and feed
2022, volym: 8, nummer: 10, sidor: 1149-1155

SLU författare

• Cholleti, Harindranath

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Vaga, Merko

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Jansson, Anna

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Blomström, Anne-Lie

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Berg, Mikael

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Livsmedelsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2021.0129

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