Hexapods as a source of nutritive and biologically active agents

Abstract

The purpose. To analyze results of domestic and foreign probes of last years concerning opportunity of use of hexapods as a source of the balanced nutrients for branch of animal husbandry, biologically active ingredients for needs of medicine and veterinary science. Methods. Analytical, theoretical generalization. Results. Assay values of domestic and foreign sources concerning opportunity of growing hexapods of the certain kinds on industrial basis are brought at reclamation of waste materials of food-processing industry and stock-rearing farms for deriving low-cost nutritive ingredients of feedstuff of agricultural animals. Perspectives of industrial entomology are specified at solution of problem of human and veterinary medicine. Conclusions. Building new economic sector of industrial entomology for deriving articles of food and feedstuff requires development of versatile intra- and interdisciplinary approaches for provision of efficient cooperation between public authorities, specialists of different industries and sciences.