PRODUCTION OF LIVE INSECT "MINI-LARVAE" AND USE THEREOF FOR FEEDING AQUARIUM FISH, ALEVINS OF FARM FISH AND PETS
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Abstract
Method for obtaining insect larvae kept alive and use thereof as food for fish with an oral orifice having a diameter of between 1.2 and 4 mm, in particular aquarium fish and alevins of farmed species, and also for pets.
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42 Claims
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1-21. -21. (canceled)
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22. A method for obtaining insect larvae which are kept alive, with a maximum diameter between 1-4 mm, notably ca. 2 mm, and whose maximum body lengths, between 4-12, notably between 5-12, notably between 4-8 mm, notably 9 mm, notably 6 mm, are maintained approximately constant during at least 4 weeks, notably 6 weeks, said method comprising the following steps :
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1) incubation of insect eggs in a culture medium comprising a mixture of water, cereals and/or oil cakes, and possibly a fermentation agent, said incubation being carried out until the eggs are hatched and larvae are obtained, in order to obtain a composition comprising a culture medium, said medium comprising a mixture of water, cereals and/or oil cakes, and possibly a fermentation agent, and insect eggs and/or larvae which have been incubated in said culture medium. 2) dehydration of said composition until a water content below 15% (weight/weight), ideally 10% (weight/weight) is obtained, 3) collection, from said composition, of living insect larvae, with a maximum body diameter between 1-4 mm, notably ca. 2 mm, and a maximum body length between 5-12, notably between 4-8 mm, notably 9 mm, notably 6 mm, and, 4) transfer of said living larvae as collected in an environment without feed, where they are maintained alive, in the dark, during at least 4 weeks, notably 6 weeks, under a relative humidity between 60-80% and at a temperature between 12-18°
C., notably 15°
C. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. Composition comprising a culture medium which includes a mixture of water, cereals and/or oil cakes, and possibly a fermentation agent, insect eggs and/or larvae which have been incubated in said culture medium, wherein the cereals and/or the oil cakes have undergone a fermentation, in the dark or in free air, during 1 week and at a temperature of 27-40°
- C., notably 27-32°
C. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
- C., notably 27-32°
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