Effect of bee pollen on the immunity and tibia characteristics in broilers

Oliveira, MC de; Silva, DM da; Loch, FC; Martins, Poliana Carneiro; Dias, Dmb; Simon, Gustavo André

doi:10.1590/s1516-635x2013000400006

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“…Ever since the European Union banned the application of antibiotics in 2006, scientists' attention has been drawn to finding alternative natural feed additives, such as bee-collected pollen [98,99]. To date, researchers have focused on underlying the impact of bee-collected pollen as a positive promotor agent for the growth and fertility of broiler chickens [100][101][102][103][104][105][106]. Biologically, addition of bee-collected pollen to feed portrays its role in the chemical composition profile of broilers; for instance, it increases the water content, resulting in the production of more tender meat.…”

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The Application of Pollen as a Functional Food and Feed Ingredient—The Present and Perspectives

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Pollen is recognized as an excellent dietary supplement for human nutrition, which is why it can be found in different forms on the market (granules, capsules, tablets, pellets, and powders). But, the digestibility of pollen's nutrients is strongly affected by the presence of a pollen shell, which can decrease the bioavailability of nutrients by 50% and more. Since consumers have become more aware of the benefits of a healthy diet and the necessity to improve pollen digestibility, different pollen-based functional food products have been developed and extensive studies were done to estimate the beneficial effects of pollen-based feed on animal growth, health, and rigor mortise stage. Considering the positive effects of pollen nutrients and phytometabolites on human and animal health, the aim of this paper was to give an overview of recent achievements in the application of pollen in the formulation of functional food and animal diets. Special attention was paid to the effects of pollen's addition on the nutritional, functional, techno-functional, and sensory properties of the new formulated food products. Anti-nutritional properties of pollen were also discussed. This review points out the benefits of pollen addition to food and feed and the possible directions in the further development of functional food and feed for the wellbeing of everyone.Biomolecules 2020, 10, 84 2 of 36 improvement and for the prevention of some respiratory infections. In addition, they emphasized the fact of the longevity of some residents of Ukraine and Russia which can be linked to their regular consumption of honey enriched with pollen [2]. Since then, a significant "breakthrough" about the application of pollen as a dietary supplement has been made and the number of available research articles has drastically increased.Nowadays, pollen is often recognized as the "only perfectly complete food" [4], and "the world's best food product" [5]. The dominant presence and high content of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids highlights pollen as an ideal natural supplement that provides energy; it has good nutritional value, regulates certain biochemical functions, and strengthens the body's immune and physiological systems [4,6]. Furthermore, pollen is a rich source of different important compounds (Figure 1)-vitamins (with the prevalence of group-B vitamins) [7,8], carotenoids (such as lutein, β-cryptoxanthin, and β-caroten) [9], minerals [10][11][12], and polyphenols [13][14][15], which makes it attractive for use in the diets of children and adults suffering from certain avitaminoses and loss of appetite.

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“…feed on tibia osteometric traits and mineralization in broilers at 42 days of age [7,39]. However, in these papers there is a lack of information whether bee pollen supplementation influenced the body weight of chickens.…”

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The effect of bee pollen on bone biomechanical strength and trabecular bone histomorphometry in tibia of young Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

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It has been demonstrated in numerous studies that bee pollen supplementation shows numerous positive effects on health. However, its impact on bones is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of bee pollen supplementation on the tibia biomechanical properties and bone morphometric measures using Japanese quail as an animal model. The experiment was arranged in a 2x2x2 factorial design, with sex, quail line (meat-type or egg-lying type), and bee pollen inclusion (0 or 10 g/kg of feed) as factors. The quails were one-day-old at the beginning of the experiment, they were euthanized after 42 days. Our study showed for the first time unfavorable effects of bee pollen on bones properties. Bee pollen supplementation negatively affected bone structure, irrespective of quails' sex or line type. Bone length (P < 0.001), weight (P < 0.01), and mean relative wall thickness (P < 0.01) and mineralization (P < 0.05) were reduced by bee pollen treatment. For female quails, irrespective of line type, the decrease of yield load (P < 0.001), ultimate load (P < 0.01), yield stress (P < 0.001) and ultimate stress (P < 0.05) was noted. Analysis of growth plate in bone metaphysis showed that bee pollen supplementation slowed the process of bone maturation irrespective of sex (P < 0.05). On contrary, dietary bee pollen positively affected bone homeostasis of trabecular bone in bone metaphysis as bone mineral density increased in experimental groups (P < 0.05). In males, this was the result of the increase of trabecular thickness (P < 0.01), in females due to the reduction of trabecular space (P < 0.001). In conclusion, our results demonstrate that bee pollen (1.0%, 10 g/kg of feed) supplementation caused significant negative effects on the mechanical endurance of the tibia of quails, while showed beneficial effects on trabecular bone histomorphometry.

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“…Increasing feed intake, body weight gain and improving feed conversion ratio were common effects of the use of propolis and/or bee pollen supplementation in broiler, quail and rabbit diets (Attia et al, 2011ab;Hosseini et al, 2016;Mehaisen et al, 2017). The immunological status of broiler chicken was enhanced with bee pollen supplementation (Oliveira et al, 2013). Research investigations studied the effects of propolis and bee pollen supplementation on alleviation the negative effect of heat stress oxidative damage in growing and laying quail.…”

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Egg Production Performance, Blood Biochemical and Immunological Response of Laying Japanese Quail Fed Diet Supplemented With Propolis and Bee Pollen

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Kamel

2018

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds

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Increasing productivity, improving product quality and insuring animal welfare are general demands to animal breeders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of supplementing the diet with propolis and/or bee pollen on egg productivity and immunological responses of laying Japanese quail. A total of 200 female quail, 35 days old, were randomly allocated to four equal groups. The first group served as a control group and was fed a basal diet (C). The second group was fed the basal diet supplemented with propolis at 1g/kg diet (Pro). The third group was fed the basal diet supplemented with bee pollen at 2g/kg diet (Bp). The fourth group was fed the basal diet supplemented with both propolis (1g/kg diet) and bee pollen (2g/kg diet) (Pro+Bp). Feed intake, feed conversion, egg mass, shell thickness and yolk index were significantly improved due to different dietary supplementation. Blood total protein and albumin increased, whereas cholesterol and H/L ratio significantly decreased due to diet supplementation. A synergistic effect of Pro+Bp was noticed in blood albumin, calcium and H/L ratio. In conclusion propolis and bee pollen can be supplemented to the diet of laying quail to increase egg production, improve egg quality and enhance blood protein, lipid and immunological responses.

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Effect of bee pollen on the immunity and tibia characteristics in broilers

Cited by 26 publications

References 7 publications

The Application of Pollen as a Functional Food and Feed Ingredient—The Present and Perspectives

The Application of Pollen as a Functional Food and Feed Ingredient—The Present and Perspectives

The effect of bee pollen on bone biomechanical strength and trabecular bone histomorphometry in tibia of young Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Egg Production Performance, Blood Biochemical and Immunological Response of Laying Japanese Quail Fed Diet Supplemented With Propolis and Bee Pollen

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