EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTING DIET WITH PROPOLIS ON BANDARAH CHICKS’ PERFORMANCE | ||
| Egyptian Poultry Science Journal | ||
| Article 12, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2017, Pages 169-184 PDF (592.79 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| Author | ||
| amina elsaadany | ||
| 1Dep. of Poult. Breeding Res. Anim. Prod. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present experiment was carried out for studying the effect of supplementing diet with propolis on Bandarah chicks’ performance. Atotal of 360 unsexed one-day old chicks of Bandarah strain were randomly distributed into four treatments groups of three replicates (each contained 30 chicks). Chicks were raised in battery brooder throughout the experimental period which ended at 12 wks of age. Group one was fed a basal diet and considered as control group. The other three groups 2, 3 and 4 were fed a basal diet supplemented with 150, 300 and 450 mg propolis/kg diet, respectively. The results showed that body weight (BW) and body weight gain (BWG) were significantly (p<0.01) increased with increasing of propolis level. Average of feed consumption was not affected by adding propolis during the first periods of experiment (0-4), (4-8) and the overall mean (0-12) wks. However, during (8-12) wks of age feed consumption was significantly decreased with increasing of propolis levels. The best feed conversion ratio was recorded for the group supplied with the highest level of propolis (450 mg/kg diet). Carcass relative weight and the lymphoid organs weights (spleen, bursa and thymus) were significantly improved (p<0.01) by increasing propolis supplementation. Chicks fed diet supplemented with propolis were significantly increased hematological parameters (Hb, PCV, RBCs and WBCs). Likewise, plasma protein, albumin, globulin, IgG, IgM and antioxidants enzymes (TAC; SOD) were significantly increased in treated groups compared with control group. Significant decrease was observed in plasma lipids, cholesterol, triglyceride, lipid peroxidation (MDA) and transaminase enzymes (AST; ALT) resulted from adding propolis to chicks’ ration. Moreover, the intestinal total aerobic and anaerobic micro-flora counts and the count of total coliform were decreased with increase of propolis level. Generally propolis supplementation at any levels to chick’s diet improved net revenue and economical efficiency. In conclusion, supplemental propolis to chicks’ diet had a positive effect on growth performance, physiological, immunological and anti-oxidative status. Furthermore, addition 450 mg propolis/kg diet could be recommended for improving chick’s health and economic efficiency. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Propolis; Bandarah chicks; blood components; immunity; antioxidant | ||
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