CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How much does it cost to breed cockroaches?

1. What are the latest policy regulations on cockroach breeding?

The country does not subsidize the breeding of cockroaches, but it does subsidize the breeding of poultry such as beef cattle, pigs, aquatic products, dairy cows, and sheep.

Cockroach farming is a lucrative business in China. Unlike traditional animal farming, it is cheap to build a small cockroach farm. In addition, cockroaches reproduce quickly, rarely get sick, and do not have any special dietary requirements, as long as there is food waste.

2. Which is better, Cherry Cockroach or Dubia?

Cherry cockroach good

Cherry cockroaches are not only highly adaptable, but also highly fertile. One of their eggs can hatch 30 larvae, and they have no habit of eating larvae. In addition to supplementing wheat bran and melon and fruit peels in the scorpion pond, cherry cockroaches will also eat dead insects, which not only reduces the cost of breeding, but also plays a role in cleaning the scorpion pond.

The growth and reproduction of Dubia roaches is more than 2 months slower than that of Cherry Cockroaches, and Dubia roaches have thicker and harder skin.

3. What is the purpose of raising cockroaches?

1. Artificially raised cockroaches can be used as chicken feed

The American cockroach is a common large cockroach in Fuzhou. However, can you believe that grinding the American cockroach into powder can be used as chicken feed? The "Study on the Development and Utilization of American Cockroach Resources" led by Dr. Zhou Qiong and others from the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Science and Technology Information of the Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences proposed that adding "cockroach powder" to chicken feed can improve the immunity of chickens. This research has passed the expert appraisal organized by the Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

There are many folk remedies in my country that use cockroaches as raw materials, and modern medicine has also used cockroaches to extract antibiotics. Dr. Zhou Qiong said: "Cockroaches live in dirty places but do not get sick because they have many immune active ingredients in their bodies." He said that by breeding American cockroaches on a large scale, drying and crushing them, and using 2% American cockroach powder instead of imported fish meal in broiler feed, the survival rate of broilers can be increased by at least 5%.

Regarding the question of whether cockroach powder is harmful to the human body, Dr. Zhou said that American cockroaches are rich in nutrients, including protein, amino acids, and other nutrients. The processed heavy metals such as lead and mercury, salmonella, total bacteria, and mold indicators can meet the feed hygiene standards. Common cockroaches carry germs and transmit diseases mainly because they often hide in sewers, garbage dumps, and other places. Artificially raised cockroaches will not have these problems.

Dr. Zhou introduced that cockroaches are omnivorous animals with very strong reproductive capacity. It is not difficult to breed cockroaches on a large scale. Using cockroach powder instead of imported fish meal as broiler feed will greatly reduce costs.

2. Artificially bred cockroaches can be used as medicine, but non-artificially bred cockroaches are pests and carry many viruses. Two thousand years ago, folk medicine used cockroaches as medicine to treat injuries and injuries. There have been studies on their use, which have been recorded and passed down to this day.

4. What cosmetics are made from cockroaches?

Many cosmetics are made from substances found in cockroaches.

The cosmetic ingredients are extracted from the chitin on the cockroach shell. Chitin, also known as chitosan, chitosan, is an efficient moisturizing ingredient, a polysaccharide polymer of beta glucose, with large molecules and is a translucent substance.

There is also a polysaccharide extracted from chitin, called deacetylated chitosan, chitosan, chitosan, English name, Chitosan, this ingredient is more common in cosmetics, mainly found in the shells of crustaceans such as shrimps and crabs, but this artificially synthesized product has only appeared recently. The chemical nature of chitosan is very similar to plant fiber (Cellulose), the difference is that chitosan can absorb oil and act like a sponge to block fat from being absorbed by the digestive system.

In short, cosmetics with Chitin or Chitosan in their product ingredients may contain ingredients extracted from cockroach shells. Of course, the extraction cost of both wild and farmed cockroaches is relatively high, so they may also be derived from other substances such as shrimps and crabs.