Download or read book Principles and Procedures for Rearing High Quality Insects written by John Connard Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth presentation of every major element comprising professional insect rearing programs. Its scope includes the entire range of insect rearing from small-scale, tabletop rearing to industrial-scale, mass rearing but focuses on medium-scale rearing, and within medium-scale rearing on the use of artificial rather than natural diets. By applying the principles and procedures discussed here, one can establish new rearing programs or improve existing ones. In addition, procedures are presented to either prevent or to diagnose and solve many of the problems that may arise in insect rearing.