Utilisation des blattes et des termites comme substituts potentiels de la farine de viande dans l'alimentation des poulets de chair au Sud-Kivu, République démocratique du Congo

Use of Cockroach and Termites as Potential Substitutes of Meal Meat in Broilers Feeding, in South-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The objective of this study is to compare some economic and zootechnical parameters obtained by broilers fed with locally prepared rations, with commercial ration or with a local ration with 20% meal meat. The meal meat is very expensive on the local market. The locally prepared and used rations contain 4.8 and 12% of incorpored cockroach meal or 4.8 and 12% of termites meal. The use of 8 and 12% containing cockroach meal rations and those containing 12% of termites meal give satisfactory result in terms of return on investment (ranging between 60 and 100%) and mean gain weight, both significant with respect to commercial rations from Tanzania and local rations containing 20% of incorpored meal meat. These rations are profitable, cheaper than commercial rations; they can be adopted by chickens breeders in order to improve profitability in the farming of birds in South-Kivu

Etude préliminaire orientée vers la production des chenilles consommables par l'élevage des papillons (Anaphe infracta : Thaumetopoeidae) à Lwiro, Sud-Kivu. République Démocratique du Congo

Preliminary Farming Study of Butterflies (Anaphe infracta : Thaumepoeidae) for the Production of Consumable Caterpillars at Lwiro, South Kivu, Democratie Republic of Congo. Anaphe infracta is one of the 3 wild butterfly species which produce every year in Lwiro region caterpillars consumed by local inhabitants. In captivity, it was observed that 56 ; 77 and 7 days respectively were required to reach the stage of larva, pupa and adult. The consumption index is over than 100. The mean weight gain in 49 days of caterpillars's feeding is 2.7 g for a 400 g total food consumed. Bridelia micrantha's leaves were given to caterpillars every day as food. Under rearing conditions, this insect can reproduce itself. By farming more than 12 pairs of adult butterflies in a cage in nature, we can harvest 9.32 kg of caterpillars