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Animal Science and Veterinary
Italy
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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67
Citations
15817
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209
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Laura Gasco is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to insect utilization for animal nutrition, sustainable alternatives in animal feed, and aquaculture nutrition.

The scientist has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Insect and fish by-products as sustainable alternatives to conventional animal proteins in animal nutrition (2020, Italian Journal of Animal Science)
  • From waste to feed: A review of recent knowledge on insects as producers of protein and fat for animal feeds (2020, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry)
  • A comparative study on the effect of fish meal substitution with three different insect meals on growth, body composition and metabolism of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) (2020, Aquaculture)
  • Towards achieving circularity and sustainability in feeds for farmed blue foods (2022, Reviews in Aquaculture)
  • Global population genetic structure and demographic trajectories of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (2021, BMC Biology)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ilaria Biasato
  • Sara Bellezza Oddon
  • Francesco Gai
  • Achille Schiavone
  • Christian Caimi

Laura Gasco regularly publishes in several academic venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
  • Animals
  • animal
  • Italian Journal of Animal Science
  • Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology

Their primary field of study is Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The research also covers various subfields, including:

  • Insect Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Plant Science

Main topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Moringa oleifera research and applications

Best Publications

  • Review on the use of insects in the diet of farmed fish: Past and future

    M. Henry;L. Gasco;G. Piccolo;E. Fountoulaki

  • Effect of rearing substrate on growth performance, waste reduction efficiency and chemical composition of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae.

    Marco Meneguz;Achille Schiavone;Achille Schiavone;Francesco Gai;Andrea Dama

  • Nutritional value of two insect larval meals (Tenebrio molitor and Hermetia illucens) for broiler chickens: Apparent nutrient digestibility, apparent ileal amino acid digestibility and apparent metabolizable energy

    M. De Marco;S. Martínez;F. Hernandez;J. Madrid

  • Evaluation of the suitability of a partially defatted black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) larvae meal as ingredient for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) diets

    M. Renna;A. Schiavone;A. Schiavone;F. Gai;S. Dabbou

  • Nutritional value of a partially defatted and a highly defatted black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens L.) meal for broiler chickens: apparent nutrient digestibility, apparent metabolizable energy and apparent ileal amino acid digestibility

    Achille Schiavone;Achille Schiavone;Michele De Marco;Silvia Martínez;Sihem Dabbou

  • The Potential Role of Insects as Feed: A Multi-Perspective Review.

    Giovanni Sogari;Mario Amato;Ilaria Biasato;Silvana Chiesa

  • Tenebrio molitor meal in diets for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) juveniles: Growth performance, whole body composition and in vivo apparent digestibility

    Laura Gasco;Laura Gasco;Morgane Henry;Giovanni Piccolo;Stefania Marono

  • Partial or total replacement of soybean oil by black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens L.) fat in broiler diets: effect on growth performances, feed-choice, blood traits, carcass characteristics and meat quality

    Achille Schiavone;Marco Cullere;Michele De Marco;Marco Meneguz

  • Black soldier fly defatted meal as a dietary protein source for broiler chickens: Effects on growth performance, blood traits, gut morphology and histological features

    Sihem Dabbou;Francesco Gai;Ilaria Biasato;Maria Teresa Capucchio

  • Use of larvae meal as protein source in broiler diet: Effect on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and carcass and meat traits.

    F Bovera;R. Loponte;S. Marono;G. Piccolo

  • Can diets containing insects promote animal health

    L. Gasco;M. Finke;A. van Huis

  • Effects of a Natural Extract of Chestnut Wood on Digestibility, Performance Traits, and Nitrogen Balance of Broiler Chicks

    A. Schiavone;K. Guo;S. Tassone;L. Gasco

  • Productive performance and blood profiles of laying hens fed Hermetia illucens larvae meal as total replacement of soybean meal from 24 to 45 weeks of age.

    S Marono;R Loponte;P Lombardi;G Vassalotti

  • Animals Fed Insect-Based Diets: State-of-the-Art on Digestibility, Performance and Product Quality

    Laura Gasco;Ilaria Biasato;Sihem Dabbou;Achille Schiavone

  • Tenebrio molitor meal in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) diets: effects on animal performance, nutrient digestibility and chemical composition of fillets

    Marco Belforti;Francesco Gai;Carola Lussiana;Manuela Renna

  • Insect and fish by-products as sustainable alternatives to conventional animal proteins in animal nutrition

    Laura Gasco;Gabriele Acuti;Paolo Bani;Antonella Dalle Zotte

  • Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) gut microbiota is modulated by insect meal from Hermetia illucens prepupae in the diet

    Genciana Terova;Simona Rimoldi;Chiara Ascione;Elisabetta Gini

  • Effect of Tenebrio molitor larvae meal on growth performance, in vivo nutrients digestibility, somatic and marketable indexes of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

    G. Piccolo;Valeria Iaconisi;S. Marono;L. Gasco;L. Gasco

  • Characterisation of the intestinal microbial communities of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed with Hermetia illucens (black soldier fly) partially defatted larva meal as partial dietary protein source

    Leonardo Bruni;Roberta Pastorelli;Carlo Viti;Laura Gasco

  • Yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor, L.) as a possible alternative to soybean meal in broiler diets

    Fulvia Bovera;Giovanni Piccolo;Laura Gasco;S. Marono

  • Black soldier fly larva fat inclusion in finisher broiler chicken diet as an alternative fat source.

    A Schiavone;S Dabbou;M De Marco;M Cullere

Frequent Co-Authors

Achille Schiavone
Achille Schiavone University of Turin
Francesco Gai
Francesco Gai National Research Council (CNR)
Giuliana Parisi
Giuliana Parisi University of Florence
Giovanni Piccolo
Giovanni Piccolo University of Naples Federico II
Pier Giorgio Peiretti
Pier Giorgio Peiretti National Research Council (CNR)
Angela Trocino
Angela Trocino University of Padua
Luca Simone Cocolin
Luca Simone Cocolin University of Turin
Fulvia Bovera
Fulvia Bovera University of Naples Federico II
Gerolamo Xiccato
Gerolamo Xiccato University of Padua
Antonella Dalle Zotte
Antonella Dalle Zotte University of Padua

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