Comparison between effect of adding propolis and antibiotic in in broiler chickens on productive performance and carcass traits

Abstract

This study was conducted to Compare effect between addition of propolis and antibiotic in performance and carcass traits of broiler from 07/02/2018 until 20/03/2018. 135 one day old unsexed chicks (Ross, 308) were reared for 42 day, they distributed to three treatments, three replicates per treatment (15 birds in replicate). First treatment was control, the second treatment was adding 0.5 g antibiotic (Oxytetracyclin 20%)/1 kg feed, and the third treatment was adding 1 g propolis / 1 kg feed. The results were showed no significant differences in all broiler performance characteristics. While, the propolis treatment was high significantly (P≤0.05) in the relative weight of bursa and gallbladder. Whereas, the relative weight of neck and wings was increased significantly (P≤0.05) in the antibiotic treatment. On the other hand, other carcass traits and relative weights for internal organs were not differed among treatments.

Replacement of performance enhancers by propolis ethanol extract in broiler diets

“…The lack of effect of the additives added to the feed can be explained by the appropriate experimental environment, the good management conditions, and the nutritional quality of the feed provided, as also reported by Paz et al (2010) and Araujo et al (2019). Alani, Alheeti, and Alani (2019), evaluating the use of propolis extract in intercropping or antibiotic substitution in broiler feeding, observed that the inclusion of propolis extract and residue did not interfere with the performance data evaluated. Shaddel-Tili, Eshratkhah, Kouzehgari, and Ghasemi-Sadabadi (2017) studying different levels of properly in the broiler diet, reported that the use of 2,000 ppm of propolis powder in the diet improved body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion, and production index (p < 0.05), suggesting that this supplementation had a positive effect on animal performance.…”

Effects of honeycomb extract on the growth performance, carcass traits, immunity, antioxidant function and intestinal microorganisms of yellow bantam broilers

“…Honeycomb contains many kinds of residues of bee products, such as beeswax, cocoons, honey, pollen, propolis, and royal jelly, and has been recognized to have several physiological and biochemical properties, including antibacterial, antioxidant, antimutagenic, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, and bactericidal properties ( Gekker et al., 2005 ; Li et al., 2008 ; Alvarez-Suarez et al., 2010 ; Cheng et al., 2011 ; Astani et al., 2013 ; Talas et al., 2014 ; Zhao et al., 2015 ). These properties may be attributed to the active components in honeycombs, such as flavonoids, polysaccharides and polyphenols ( Alani et al., 2019 ). In recent years, with the large-scale development of apiculture, bee products have been widely used in livestock and poultry production.…”