The demand and cost of animal-based protein sources for broiler chickens production like fish meal has increased in many countries. An alternative protein source can be earthworm meal (EWM). A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementing broiler chickens diets with EWM derived from dried Eudrilus eugeniae on growth performance, carcass attributes, and the meat quality of broiler chickens. The starter and finisher basal diets were formulated to contain 10% fish meal and it was replaced with 0, 1, 3, 5, and 7% EWM. For the experiment, 150 one-day-old broiler chickens were randomly assigned to the 5 diets with 3 pens per diet and 10 broiler chickens per pen. Based on the data recorded in the experiment, the body weight gain (BWG), and the feed intake (FI) were computed. At 6 wk of age, 3 broiler chickens were randomly selected from each pen to assess their organ weights and sensory characteristics. Overall, there was a quadratic and cubic effect on BWG when EWM supplementation was increased (P < 0.05). There was no difference in the overall FI of broiler chickens with increase in the supplementation of EWM. As the dietary supplementation of EWM increased, the juiciness in breast meat of the broiler chickens increased quadratically (P < 0.05) while the flavor increased linearly (P < 0.05). However, there were no differences in broiler chickens meat aroma, first bite, chewiness, and the amount of residues as dietary EWM increased. Supplementation of EWM did not affect broiler chickens meat quality in terms of pH and drip loss. The EWM may be a suitable source of protein for broiler chickens production and a particularly useful substitute for fish meal. More research is required to determine the optimal inclusion rate for the most affordable, and nutritious broiler chickens diet, and to sufficiently understand the wider implications of alternative feed sources on the ecologic, economic, and environmental impact of broiler chickens production.

在许多国家，以动物为基础的蛋白质来源对肉鸡粉等肉鸡生产的需求和成本有所增加。另一种蛋白质来源可以是worm粉（EWM）。进行了一项研究，以评估用干燥的Eudrilus eugeniae衍生的EWM补充肉鸡日粮的效果肉鸡的生长性能，car体属性和肉质。发酵剂和精加工剂基础日粮的配方中鱼粉含量为10％，并用0、1、3、5和7％EWM代替。对于实验，将150只1日龄的肉鸡随机分配到5种日粮中，每种日粮3支，每只日粮10只。根据实验中记录的数据，计算出体重增加（BWG）和饲料摄入量（FI）。在6周龄时，从每只钢笔中随机选择3只肉鸡，以评估它们的器官重量和感觉特征。总体而言，增加EWM补充量对BWG有二次方和三次方影响（P <0.05）。EWM的添加量增加，肉鸡的整体FI没有差异。随着EWM膳食补充剂的增加，肉鸡胸肉中的多汁性呈二次方增加（P  <0.05），而风味呈线性增加（P <0.05）。然而，随着日粮EWM的增加，肉鸡的香气，第一次咬伤，咀嚼性和残留量没有差异。补充EWM不会影响肉鸡的pH和滴水损失。EWM可能是适合肉鸡生产的蛋白质来源，并且是鱼粉特别有用的替代品。需要做更多的研究来确定最实惠，最营养的肉鸡日粮的最佳掺入率，并充分理解替代饲料来源对肉鸡生产的生态，经济和环境影响的广泛影响。