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Editorial
. 2022 Mar 29:9:873765.
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.873765. eCollection 2022.

Editorial: Insects as Food and Feed

Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow  1   2 , Montserrat Pinent  3 , Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto  4 , Nils Thomas Grabowski  5 , Filippo Fratini  6 , Simone Mancini  6
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Editorial: Insects as Food and Feed

Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow et al. Front Vet Sci. .
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Keywords: edible insects; entomophagy; nourishment; nutrition; unconventional food.

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