Aqui puedes encontrar una lista de artículos científicos relacionados con diferentes aspectos del crecimiento de Acheta domesticus, con categorías para una mejor localización (trabajo en progreso, última actualización 14 de septiembre de 2023)
Categoría: REARING
1976
"The selection of shelter place by the house cricket" by Kieruzel.
1977
"Rearing methods for obtaining house crickets, Acheta domesticus, of known age, sex, and instar" by Clifford and Woodring.
Un clásico de la literatura en grillos. Tenemos el PDF de este artículo disponible bajo petición.
1991
"Comparison of diets for mass-rearing Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) as a novelty food, and comparison of food conversion efficiency with values reported for livestock" by Nakagaki and DeFoliart.
The authors mentioned that "liver powder is thought to contain a growth factor".
1997
"Female house crickets, Acheta domesticus, prefer the chirps of large males" by David A. Gray.
En este artículo se menciona un promedio de 14.4 días para los machos utilizados, y dice 10 días post-muda adulta. Entonces, supongo que a los 4 días tienen la muda adulta. Otros artículos (ej. Mallory et al. 2016) también mencionan "adult molt".
2017
"Metabolic theory predicts animal self-thinning" by Tomas Jonsson.
"Self-thinning" = autoadelgazante.
2018
"Age-dependent food utilisation of Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in small groups at two temperatures" by Morales-Ramos et al.
Un articulo muy elegante.
Los autores comentan "La edad óptima para la cosecha basada en el consumo de alimentos y las proporciones de ganancia de biomasa de los grillos fue al final de las 8 semanas a 27 °C y al final de las 6 semanas a 29 °C". Además, los autores comentan que escogieron la dieta Coyote Creek como la dieta experimental porque pruebas preliminares mostraron que la supervivencia de los grillos fue mayor con esa dieta comparado con otras dietas comerciales. Composición basado en la etiqueta: 18% proteína cruda, 4% grasa cruda, 4% fibra cruda.
Los autores mencionan "Other factors such as cricket density and nutrient valance may play even more important roles improving efficiency of food conversion", sugiriendo que la densidad no ha sido debidamente investigada.
2020
"Self-selection of food ingredients and agricultural by-products by the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae): A holistic approach to develop optimized diets" by Morales-Ramos et al.
2023
"Effects of Temperature and Density on House Cricket Survival and Growth and on the Prevalence of Acheta Domesticus Densovirus" by Takacs et al.
Toda la teoria de los densovirus esta llena de hoyos. Los autores mencionan que "However, the mass production of this species can be easily jeopardized by the Acheta domesticus densovirus (AdDV), of which the first report dates back to 1977, describing a colony collapse due to a disease caused by this virus", citando un articulo del 2011 titulado "Susceptibility of North-American and European crickets to Acheta domesticus densovirus (AdDNV) and associated epizootics". Es interesante que los autores mencionan tambien que "Total cricket biomass increased with higher temperatures and higher densities".
Categoría: DIET
1976
"Response of crickets to amount of forage in the diet" by Tyree et al.
2015
"Crickets Are Not a Free Lunch: Protein Capture from Scalable Organic Side-Streams via High-Density Populations of Acheta domesticus" by Lundy and Parrella.
Una muy elegante investigación acerca del efecto de diferentes dietas en el desarrollo de grillos, incluyendo "minimally-processed, municipal-scale food waste", la cual provocó más de 99% de mortalidad y no permitió a los grillos llegar a su tamaño cosechable.
Dos muy importantes comentarios acerca de la densidad y la conversion alimenticia:
In addition, for populations of crickets that were able to survive to a harvestable size, the feed conversion ratios measured were higher (less efficient) than those reported from studies conducted at smaller scales and lower population densities.
The feed conversion ratio (FCR) for the populations fed poultry feed (PF) was 1.47, when using the entire fresh-weight cricket biomass as the output, and 1.84 under the assumption, reported by Nakagaki et al. [8], that only 80% of the harvested cricket biomass is directly consumable. If the unconsumed feed that remained after harvest were subtracted from the total input biomass, the FCRs would improve to 1.34 and 1.68 for 100% and 80% of the harvested cricket biomass, respectively. These FCRs are higher (less efficient) than the 1.09 and 1.36 average FCRs (at 100% and 80% harvested biomass, respectively) reported by Nakagaki et al. [8] for A. domesticus populations fed four diets, one of which was a poultry starter diet. However, in addition to differences in the constitution of feed substrates, the population size and density were not comparable between the two experiments. Nakagaki et al. [8] developed FCR estimates from populations of 10 individuals at a density of 1 individual per 14.4 cm2. In our study, the population in the PF treatment was approximately 32,900 individuals with a density of 1 individual per 5.25 cm2. Although this density exceeds the minimum 2.5cm2 per individual reported by Patton [39], it is far more crowded than the populations measured by Nakagaki et al. [8]. In addition, when rearing populations in a large-scale environment, it is likely that the structure of the environment will result in greater metabolic costs per individual (e.g., average distance required to procure food and water is greater).
What I understand from this section, is that greater densities would yield less FCR. But is this true?
2019
"Diets with and without edible cricket support a similar level of diversity in the gut microbiome of dogs" by Jarett et al.
"Chitin is not digestible by dogs, but chitosan is (Okamoto et al., 2001)".
2020
"Effect of Diet on the Growth Performance, Feed Conversion, and Nutrient Content of the House Cricket" by Bawa et al.
2021
"Insects as Novel Ruminant Feed and a Potential Mitigation Strategy for Methane Emissions" by Ahmed et al.
"Insects as alternative feed for ruminants: comparison of protein evaluation methods" by Toral et al.
Categoría: PUBLIC AWARENESS
2018
"Australian consumers’ awareness and acceptance of insects as food" by Wilkinson et al.
2022
"Formulation of Protein-Rich Chocolate Chip Cookies Using Cricket ( Acheta domesticus) Powder" by Aleman et al.
Categoría: COOKING
2019
"Effect of domestic cooking methods on protein digestibility and mineral bioaccessibility of wild harvested adult edible insects" by Manditsera et al.
2022
"Satiety of Edible Insect-Based Food Products as a Component of Body Weight Control" by Skotnicka et al.
2023
"Microbial and chemical stability of Acheta domesticus powder during one year storage period at room temperature" by Marzoli et al.
Categoría: REGULATIONS
2022
"Safety of partially defatted house cricket (Acheta domesticus) powder as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283" by EFSA Panel on Nutrition et al.
Categoría: METABOLISM
1991
"Insect tissues, not microorganisms, produce linoleic acid in the house cricket and the American cockroach" by Borgeson et al.
Categoría: FRASS
2022
"Nutrient quality and maturity status of frass fertilizer from nine edible insects" by Beesigamukama et al.
2023
"Biostimulant and Elicitor Responses to Cricket Frass ( Acheta domesticus) in Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) under Protected Conditions" by Ferruzca-Campos et al.
Categoría: HEALTH
2012
"Billions and billions sold: Pet-feeder crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), commercial cricket farms, an epizootic densovirus, and government regulations make for a potential disaster" by Weissman et al.
2018
"Impact of Edible Cricket Consumption on Gut Microbiota in Healthy Adults, a Double-blind, Randomized Crossover Trial" by Stull et al.
2021
"Targeted Phenolic Characterization and Antioxidant Bioactivity of Extracts from Edible Acheta domesticus" by Nino et al.
"In Vitro Study of Cricket Chitosan's Potential as a Prebiotic and a Promoter of Probiotic Microorganisms to Control Pathogenic Bacteria in the Human Gut" by Kipkoech et al.
2022
"Consumption of cricket (Acheta domesticus) flour decreases insulin resistance and fat accumulation in rats fed with high-fat and -fructose diet" by Escobar-Ortiz et al.
"Dietary supplementation with Mexican foods, Opuntia ficus indica, Theobroma cacao, and Acheta domesticus: Improving obesogenic and microbiota features in obese mice" by Rosas-Campos et al.
2024
"Acheta domesticus: A Natural Source of Anti-Skin-Aging Ingredients for Cosmetic Applications" by Yeerong et al.
Categoría: CHITOSAN AND CHITIN
2021
"Development of Chitosan Films from Edible Crickets and Their Performance as a Bio-Based Food Packaging Material" by Malm et al.
Agosto 2022. He estado curioso acerca del consumo de huevos por parte de los machos. En este forum, encontre a alguien que opina que si lo hacen y comen "muchos" huevos. Otros sitios tambien discuten este problema. En mi experiencia en el Rincón de Farolillo, los primeros progenitores (aprox. 100 grillos total) fueron capaces de poner cientos de huevos, mientras que la postura con mayores densidades (>1000 grillos) produce menos huevos.