IMPACT OF BEE POLLEN SUPPLEMENTATION ON PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE, SOME HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS, BLOOD CONSTITUENTS AND SEMEN PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SINAI CHICKENS | ||
| Egyptian Poultry Science Journal | ||
| Article 19, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2018, Pages 621-635 PDF (445.1 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed Abdel-Kareem Abuoghaba* | ||
| Department of Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study evaluated the impact of supplementing diets of Sinai cockers with bee pollen on the productive performance, some hematological parameters and semen physical characteristics. Sixty Sinai cockers (4 groups × 3 replicates × 5 cockers), 28 weeks old, were equally classified into four groups. In the first group (control), cockers were fed on the commercial ration, while those in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th groups were fed on the same diet and supplemented with 500, 1000 and 1500mg bee pollen/kg diet, respectively. The achieved findings showed that the final body weight (FBW) and total weight gain (TWG) in the treated groups were significantly (P≤0.01) increased, while the total feed intake (TFI) was insignificantly affected as compared with control. The red blood cell and white blood cell counts as well as hemoglobin level for treated cockers were significantly (P≤0.01) increased, while the heterophils/lymphocytes ratio was significantly decreased compared with control group. The means of blood proteins for treated cockers were insignificantly differed, while the cholesterol and triglycerides concentrations were significantly (P≤0.05) decreased as compared with cockers in control group.The means of ejaculate volume and the percentages of advanced motility and live sperms, as well as the concentrations per ml and per ejaculate of cockers in the treated groups increased significantly (P≤0.01) compared with control group. Also,the percentages of dead sperms and sperm abnormalities for treated cockers were significantly (P≤0.01) decreased compared with control. From the obtained results, could be concluded that, the supplementation of the diet with bee pollen at different levels improved the total weight gain and semen physical properties compared with control. Thus, from these results could be recommended to use BP in Sinai chicken diets at 1000mg/kg diet to improve the ejaculate volume, advanced motility, live sperms, concentrate per ejaculate, which amounted 34.13, 26.32, 7.17, 43.62%, respectively, while the sperm abnormalities was significantly decreased by about 36.28% compared with control group. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sinai cockers; bee pollen; blood constituents; Semen physical properties | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 365 PDF Download: 759 |
||
