Published research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on insects as food and as animal feedstuffs.

DeFoliart, G.R., M.D.  Finke, M.L. Sunde. 1982.  Potential Value of the Mormon cricket (Orthoptera:  Tettigoniidae) harvested as a high-protein feed for poultry.  J. Econ. Entomol.  75(5):  848-852

Finke, M.D., M.L.  Sunde, G.R. DeFoliart.  1985.  An evaluation of the protein quality of Mormon crickets (Anabrus simplex Haldeman) when used as a high protein feedstuff for poultry.  Poult. Sci.  64:  708-712.

Landry, S.V., G.R.  DeFoliart, M.L.  Sunde.  1986.  Larval protein quality of six species of Lepidoptera (Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Noctuidae).  J. Econ. Entomol.  79:  600-604.

Nakagaki, B.J., M.L.  Sunde, G.R.  DeFoliart.  1987.  Protein quality of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus, when fed to broiler chicks.  Poult. Sci.  66:  1367-1371

Finke, M.D., G.R.  DeFoliart, N.J.  Benevenga.  1987.  Use of simultaneous curve fitting and a four-parameter logistic model to evaluate the nutritional quality of protein sources at growth rates of rats from maintenance to maximum gain.  J. Nutr.  117:  1681-1688.

Finke, M.D., G.R.  DeFoliart, N.J.  Benevenga.  1987.  Use of a four-parameter  logistic model to  evaluate the protein quality of mixtures of Mormon cricket meal and corn gluten meal in rats.  J. Nutr.  117: 1740-1750.

Finke, M.D., G.R.  DeFoliart, N.J.  Benevenga.  1989.  Use of a four-parameter logistic model to evaluate the quality of the protein from three insect species when fed to rats.  J. Nutr.  119:  864-871.

Nakagaki, B.J., G.R.  DeFoliart.  1991.  A comparison of diets for mass-rearing the cricket, Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera:  Gryllidae), as a novelty food, and comparison of food conversion efficiency with those reported for vertebrate livestock.  J. Econ. Entomol.  84(3):  891-896.

Parajulee, M.N, G.R.  DeFoliart.  1992.  A simple method of heat supplementation for cricket mass-rearing in the absence of controlled-temperature equipment in developing countries.  J. Inst. Agric. Anim. Sci.  (Rampur, Nepal) 13: 95-98.

Parajulee, M.N., G.R.  DeFoliart, D.B.  Hogg.  1993.  Model for use in mass-production of Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera:  Gryllidae) as food.  J. Econ. Entomol. 86(5):  1424-1428.