production et utilisation contrôlées d'asticots

Controlled Production and Use of Maggots. Two tests have been undertaken in Maroua (North Cameroon), in the months of february and may 1998, in order to provide data concerning the production and use of maggots for poultry nutrition in traditional farm, this beyond the scope of mini-livestock. Both test have been carried out under shelter, with 7 plots each containing 2 kg of fresh rumen contents as substrate, packed in black plastic bag as container. The results showed that maggots are preferential food for poultry compared with cereals. Maggots from third to the fifth day are more interesting because of their size, their consistency and their weight. Temperature seems to have an influence on the maggots growth. In the same way, the substrate nature and its container size have an effect on the quantitative and qualitative production of maggots. The type of housefly preferred (Tvlusca domesticaj also has an effect on the quantitative production of maggots. Controlled production and use of maggots seems to be interesting in poultry farming and mini-livestock in tropical area. It is now left to determine the nutritive value of maggots for their incorporation into various rations of different animals, in order to utilize it on a wide scale.