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Assessment of the USDA Biomass Harvest Trap (USDA-BHT) device as an insect harvest and mosquito surveillance tool.
Lado, Paula; Rogers, D Christopher; Cernicchiaro, Natalia; Swistek, Sabrina; Van Nest, Kortnee; Shults, Phillip; Ewing, Robert D; Okeson, Danelle; Brabec, Daniel; Cohnstaedt, Lee W.
Afiliação
  • Lado P; National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), P.O. Box 1807, Manhattan, KS 66505, USA.
  • Rogers DC; Kansas Biological Survey, and The Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA.
  • Cernicchiaro N; College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
  • Swistek S; College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
  • Van Nest K; National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), P.O. Box 1807, Manhattan, KS 66505, USA.
  • Shults P; College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
  • Ewing RD; Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), 1515 College Ave., Manhattan, KS 66502, USA.
  • Okeson D; National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), P.O. Box 1807, Manhattan, KS 66505, USA.
  • Brabec D; Rolling Hills Zoo, 625 N Hedville Road, Salina, KS 67401, USA.
  • Cohnstaedt LW; Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), 1515 College Ave., Manhattan, KS 66502, USA.
J Econ Entomol ; 117(4): 1235-1241, 2024 Aug 12.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38970358
ABSTRACT
Insects are a promising source of high-quality protein, and the insect farming industry will lead to higher sustainability when it overcomes scaling up, cost effectiveness, and automation. In contrast to insect farming (raising and breeding insects as livestock), wild insect harvesting (collecting agricultural insect pests), may constitute a simple sustainable animal protein supplementation strategy. For wild harvest to be successful sufficient insect biomass needs to be collected while simultaneously avoiding the collection of nontarget insects. We assessed the performance of the USDA Biomass Harvest Trap (USDA-BHT) device to collect flying insect biomass and as a mosquito surveillance tool. The USDA-BHT device was compared to other suction traps commonly used for mosquito surveillance (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light traps, Encephalitis virus surveillance traps, and Biogents Sentinel traps). The insect biomass harvested in the USDA-BHT was statistically higher than the one harvested in the other traps, however the mosquito collections between traps were not statistically significantly different. The USDA-BHT collected some beneficial insects, although it was observed that their collection was minimized at night. These findings coupled with the fact that sorting time to separate the mosquitoes from the other collected insects was significantly longer for the USDA-BHT, indicate that the use of this device for insect biomass collection conflicts with its use as an efficient mosquito surveillance tool. Nevertheless, the device efficiently collected insect biomass, and thus can be used to generate an alternative protein source for animal feed.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Biomassa Limite: Animals País como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Biomassa Limite: Animals País como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article