All publications resulting from the InsectFeed research project

2020
1. Dicke, M., Eilenberg, J., Salles, J.F., Jensen, A.B., Lecocq, A., Pijlman, G.P., van Loon, J.J.A. & van Oers, M.M. (2020) Edible insects unlikely to contribute to transmission of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 6:333-339. https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/pdf/10.3920/JIFF2020.0039
2021
2. Dörper, A., Veldkamp, T. & Dicke, M. (2021) Use of black soldier fly and house fly in feed to promote sustainable poultry production. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 7: 761-780. https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/epdf/10.3920/JIFF2020.0064
3. van Loon, M.S. & Bovenkerk, B. (2021) 32. The ethics and mindedness of insects. In Schübel H. & Walliman-Heimer, I. (eds) Justice and food security in a changing climate, Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 218-223. https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/epdf/10.3920/978-90-8686-915-2_32
4. Niermans, K., Meyer, A.M., van den Hil, E.F.H., van Loon, J.J.A. & van der Fels-Klerx, H.J. (2021) A systematic literature review on the effects of mycotoxin exposure on insects and on mycotoxin accumulation and biotransformation. Mycotoxin Research, 37, 279-295. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571154/pdf/12550_2021_Article_441.pdf
2022
5. Saatkamp, H. W., Y. Aartsma, H. Hogeveen, M. Augustijn, A. Baumann, L. W. Beukeboom, A. Borghuis, B. Bovenkerk, M. van der Bruggen, M. H. Companjen, A. Dörper, J. F. Salles, H. J. van der Fels-Klerx, A. R. H. Fischer, O. Haenen, A. Hosseini, J. van den Hurk, P. Jacobs, W. L. Jansen, M. de Jong, Y. Kortsmit, M. Leipertz, H. Lommers, J. J. A. van Loon, M. S. van Loon, S. Maistrou, K. Niermans, E. Schmitt, P. N. Shah, A. Spaans, T. Veldkamp, M. F. Verweij, M. Vogel, A. V. Kokota, B. Wertheim and M. Dicke (2022). “Development of sustainable business models for insect-fed poultry production: opportunities and risks.” Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 8(12): 1469-1483. https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/abs/10.3920/JIFF2021.0216
6. Vogel, M., P. N. Shah, A. Voulgari-Kokota, S. Maistrou, Y. Aartsma, L. W. Beukeboom, J. F. Salles, J. J. A. Van Loon, M. Dicke and B. Wertheim (2022). Health of the black soldier fly and house fly under mass-rearing conditions: innate immunity and the role of the microbiome. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 8(8): 857-878. https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/10.3920/JIFF2021.0151
7. Voulgari-Kokota, A., L. W. Beukeboom, B. Wertheim and J. Falcao-Salles (2022). Houseflies harbor less diverse microbiota under laboratory conditions but maintain a consistent set of host-associated bacteria. Scientific Reports 12(1): 11132. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15186-7
2023
8. van Loon, M. & Bovenkerk, B. (2023). Don’t eat the bugs! in New Omnivorism and Strict Veganism: Critical Perspectives. Taylor & Francis, p. 76-98. https://edepot.wur.nl/639499
9. Niermans, K., Hoek-van den Hil, E.F., van Dam, R., van der Fels-Klerx, H.J., & van Loon, J.J.A. (2023). Effects of the mycotoxins aflatoxin B1, deoxynivalenol and zearalenone on survival, biomass and toxin accumulation in Musca domestica larvae. World Mycotoxin Journal 16:349-358. https://doi.org/10.1163/18750796-20222826
10. Shah PN, Ruan X, van Loon JJA, Dicke M (2023) Temperature-modulated host-pathogen interactions between Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) and Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 198:107934. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2023.107934
11. Voulgari-Kokota A, van Loon MS, Bovenkerk B (2023) Insects as mini-livestock: Considering insect welfare in feed production. NJAS: Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences 95:2191797. https://doi.org/10.1080/27685241.2023.2191797
12. Kortsmit, Y., van der Bruggen, M., Wertheim, B., Dicke, M., Beukeboom, L.W., & van Loon, J.J.A. (2023) Behaviour of two fly species reared for livestock feed: optimising production and insect welfare. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 9, 149-169. https://doi.org/10.3920/jiff2021.0214
Kortsmit, Y., van Loon, J.J.A., Dicke, M. (2023). Preference of black soldier fly larvae for feed substrate previously colonised by conspecific larvae. Journal of Applied Entomology 147:336–345. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13112
2024
14. Voulgari-Kokota, A., Boatta, F., Rijkers, R., Wertheim, B., Beukeboom, L.W., Ellers, J., & Salles, J.F. (2024) High-sugar diet leads to loss of beneficial probiotics in housefly larvae guts. ISME Journal, 18, 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae193
15. Voulgari-Kokota, A., Slijfer, R., Beukeboom, L.W., Salles, J.F., & Wertheim, B. (2024) Immunity-related genes can serve as early diagnostic markers for infection in housefly rearing systems. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 10, 1607-1621. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-20230094
16. Dörper, A., Berman, H., Gort, G., van Harn, J., Dicke, M. & Veldkamp, T. (2024). Effect of different black soldier fly larvae products on slow-growing broiler performance and carcass characteristics. Poultry Science103 (4): 103481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.103481
17. Dörper, A. Gort, G., Veldkamp, T. & Dicke, M. (2024). Automatic dispenser of live Black Soldier Fly larvae to feed poultry. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 10: 1063-1075. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/23524588-20230180
18. Dörper, A., Gort, G., van Harn, J., Oonincx , D.G.A.B., Veldkamp, T., and Dicke, M. 2024. Performance, egg quality and organ traits of laying hens fed Black Soldier Fly larvae products. Poultry Science103: 104229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.104229
19. Shah, P.N., Niermans, K., Hoek-van den Hil, E.F., Dicke, M., van Loon, J.J.A. (2024). Effects of aflatoxin B1 on metabolic and immunity-related gene expression in Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 202: 105994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2024.105944
20. Shah, P.N., Hemerik, L., Dicke, M., van Loon, J.J.A. (2024). Dietary protein levels influence growth, adult emergence and susceptibility to bacterial infection in Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-00001206
21. Shah, P.N., Maistrou, S., Willemsen, I., van Loon, J.J.A. and Dicke, M. (2024). Transcriptomic response of Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) to wounding and Gram-negative bacterial infection. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-00001211
22. Leipertz, M. Hogeveen, H. & Saatkamp, H.W. (2024). Economic supply chain modelling of industrial insect production in the Netherlands. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 10: 1361-1385. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/23524588-00001036
23. Niermans, K., Hoek- van den Hil, E.F., van der Fels-Klerx, H.J., & van Loon, J.J.A. (2024) The role of larvae of black soldier fly and house fly and of feed substrate microbes in biotransformation of aflatoxin B1. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 279, 116449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116449
24.Aartsma, Y., van de Zande, E.M. &Dicke, M. (2024). Potentieel van insecten voor een circulaire, duurzame productie van veevoeder. Vanuit het perspectief van beleidsmakers. Adviesrapport Wageningen University & Research, 20 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/670644
25.Aartsma, Y., van de Zande, E.M. & Dicke, M. (2024). Insectenkweek voor een circulaire, duurzame productie van diervoeder: kansen en uitdagingen voor investeerders. Adviesrapport Wageningen University & Research, 16 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/671320
26.Van de Zande, E.M. & Dicke, M. (2024). Onderwijs en de eiwittransitie. Hoe onderwijs over insecten kan bijdragen aan een circulaire, duurzame productie van diervoeder. Adviesrapport Wageningen University & Research, 16 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/671322
27.Leipertz, M., Hogeveen, H., & Saatkamp, H. (2024) Economic impact of inclusion of black soldier fly products in broiler diets: A comparison between conventional and higher animal welfare production systems in the Netherlands. Poultry Science, 103, 104411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.104411