Herbal and bee products as nutraceuticals for improving poultry health and production

El-Sabrout, Karim; Dantas, Maiko Roberto Tavares; Souza, João Batista Freire de

doi:10.1080/00439339.2021.1960238

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“…Despite some of these substances being considered by-products, they are sources of bioactive compounds with relevant biological effects and significant impacts on animal physiological and productive performance [4,29,30]. Several studies have found that bee products, with a high content of essential amino acids, antioxidants, active enzymes, vitamins, minerals, antibacterial, antiprotozoal, and immunostimulant substances, can improve animals' growth, meat quality, and immunological performance [3,4,[31][32][33][34] (Figure 1). Rabie et al [29] found that administering propolis (400 mg/kg diet) or bee-pollen (2 g/kg diet) to the broiler diets as well as adding bee-venom (2 mg/L water) to broiler drinking water is recommended instead of using antibiotics in broiler farms to increase body weight and improve blood biochemical indices.…”

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“…However, poultry and rabbit industries have recently experienced numerous challenges, including climate change, disease spread, and antibiotic misuse. Antibiotics have been widely used in poultry and rabbit farms for decades to increase animal productive traits [2][3][4][5]. Overuse of antibiotics as growth promoters in poultry and rabbit farms has resulted in several adverse effects, including the development of microbial resistance and transference [5][6][7], and the residues remaining in the consumed product.…”

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“…Apitherapy is a subspecialty of complementary medicine that involves using Apis mellifera L. produced materials, including honey and venom, for the treatment of various diseases. Bee products not only provide essential nutrients, but also have medicinal properties [3,4] (Table 1). Thus, they can be applied in animal diets, drinking water, and by muscular injection to improve productivity, immunity, and health [3,4,8,9].…”

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“…Bee products not only provide essential nutrients, but also have medicinal properties [3,4] (Table 1). Thus, they can be applied in animal diets, drinking water, and by muscular injection to improve productivity, immunity, and health [3,4,8,9]. Bee products can also be administered for better chick quality through the in ovo technique, as a recent aspect of poultry farming [10,11].…”

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“…Injecting 10 µg of bee venom extract (melittin)/egg on day 18 of incubation increased the post-hatch chick's weight and enhanced immunological indicators (immunoglobulins, T cells, and B cells) [12]. Furthermore, bee products, particularly royal jelly and propolis, can promote some vitamin synthesis by providing the precursors required for this synthesis, enhancing their synthesis pathway, and improving organs generated [3,4,13]. However, bee products can be considered an excellent functional food to be added to poultry and rabbit diets, but to avoid harming animal's digestive system or poisoning, it is always advisable to be cautious and introduce new foods gradually and moderately, as well as considering the animal's age and safe doses because there are no available studies on the safe dosage limits of these substances for poultry and rabbits until now.…”

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Bee Products for Poultry and Rabbits: Current Challenges and Perspectives

Abd El-Aziz,

Abo Ghanima,

Mota-Rojas

et al. 2023

Animals

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Poultry and rabbit production are important and rapidly growing agricultural subsectors, particularly in several developing countries. To ensure the sustainability of poultry and rabbit production, realistic poultry and rabbit farming practices must be improved. Apitherapy is a traditional alternative medicine that involves the prevention and treatment of some diseases with several bee products including propolis, royal jelly, pollen, and venom. More feeding investigations on the numerous benefits of bee products for poultry and rabbits are crucial to be addressed. Poultry and rabbit production has recently experienced numerous challenges, including climate change, disease spread, and antibiotic misuse. Improving animal welfare, health, and production is a top priority for all livestock farms, as is supplying consumers with safe and healthy products. Therefore, this review aims to collect and investigate recent relevant literature on the use of bee products, as feed additives, drinking water supplements, and injections, for poultry and rabbits to improve animal health and production. From the current findings, bee products can improve the growth and immunological performance of small-livestock animals, such as poultry and rabbits, by activating digestive enzymes, maintaining microbial balance, and promoting vitamin synthesis. Therefore, bee products could be a promising natural alternative to growth promoters, reproductive stimulants, and immunological enhancers in poultry and rabbit farms to provide safe and healthy products for humans.

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Bee Products for Poultry and Rabbits: Current Challenges and Perspectives

Abd El-Aziz,

Abo Ghanima,

Mota-Rojas

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The effect of Froriepia subpinnata on the performance, carcass characteristics, blood parameters, immune system, microbial population, intestinal morphology, and breast meat fatty acid content of broiler chickens

Rostampour,

Chamani,

Seidavi

et al. 2024

Trop Anim Health Prod

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The present experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of F. subpinnatapowder (FSP) on performance, carcass characteristics, blood parameters, immune system, microbial population, intestinal morphology, and percentage of fatty acids in the breast meat of broiler chickens. To conduct the experiment, 300 day-old male chickens from the ROSS 308 strain were used in the form of a completely random design with 4 treatments and 5 replicates, with each replicate containing 15 chickens. The experimental treatments were, respectively: 1) control with base diet (without additives), 2) base diet + 1% FSP, 3) base diet + 2% FSP, and 4) base diet + 3% FSP. The results showed that the feed intake and weight gain increased in the treatments containing 2% and 3% FSP when compared to the control (P<0.05).Cholesterol and ALT levels in the treatment containing 3% FSP were lower that the control (P<0.05), while the concentration of glutathione peroxidase enzyme in the treatment containing 3% FSP signi cantly increased (P<0.05). Thymus weight and antibodies produced against AIV in all three levels of FSP increased signi cantly compared to the control (P<0.05). The population of lactobacilli and coliforms in the treatments containing FSP increased and decreased signi cantly compared to the control (P<0.05).The length and width of the intestinal villi of the chickens that were fed with 3% of FSP had a signi cant increase compared to the control (P<0.05). The percentage of saturated fatty acids in the breast decreased signi cantly with the consumption of all three levels of FSP (P<0.001). In general, the results showed that the use of 3% FSP in the broiler diet increased the e ciency of growth performance and enzyme activity, while strengthening the immune system, favourably altering the intestinal microbial population, and reducing the fat in breast meat.

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Effect of different synbiotic administration methods on growth, carcass characteristics, ileum histomorphometry, and blood biochemistry of Cobb-500 broilers

Acharya,

Devkota,

Basnet

et al. 2024

Vet World

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Background and Aim: To combat enteric infections and antibiotic resistance in the poultry industry, researchers seek alternatives such as probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics as growth promoters. Synbiotics support probiotic growth through the supply of essential nutrients. The study’s objectives were to assess the most effective delivery methods for synbiotics and evaluate their growth, histomorphometric, and hematological impacts on Cobb-500 broilers. Materials and Methods: Two studies, independently conducted, employed a completely randomized design. One hundred and eighty viable eggs in the first trial were assigned to three groups: Control (T1), sterile water (T2), and synbiotic in sterile water (T3). On the 21st day of hatching, hatchability, day-old body weights, and ileum samples for histomorphometric analysis were recorded. In the second trial, out of 500 viable eggs, 200 eggs were fed in ovo with synbiotics (PoultryStar® sol, Biomin Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore) on 17.5 days and 300 were set aside without in ovo injection. The treatments were control (T1), in water synbiotic (T2), in ovo synbiotic (T3), combination of in ovo synbiotic and synbiotic in feed (T4), and synbiotic in feed only (T5). On 21 and 42 days, blood, ileum, and visceral organ samples were collected for laboratory analysis. Data on weight gain, daily feed intake, and water consumption were recorded for 42 days. Results: The initial experiment’s results revealed a decrease in hatchability, slight weight increase, and significant intestinal morphological changes with the use of an in ovo synbiotic. Applying synbiotic through various methods in the second trial yielded better growth results, lower blood cholesterol, and significantly longer (p < 0.05) villi on 21 days. Conclusion: Using the in ovo method to administer synbiotics lowered hatchability. Use of synbiotics with any method or in combination enhances growth, ileum structure, dressing yield, feed efficiency, and cholesterol levels in blood. Synbiotics enhance gut health and overall performance in broilers when used through diverse approaches. Keywords: growth performance, gut health, histomorphometry, in ovo, synbiotic.

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Herbal and bee products as nutraceuticals for improving poultry health and production

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References 84 publications

Bee Products for Poultry and Rabbits: Current Challenges and Perspectives

Bee Products for Poultry and Rabbits: Current Challenges and Perspectives

The effect of Froriepia subpinnata on the performance, carcass characteristics, blood parameters, immune system, microbial population, intestinal morphology, and breast meat fatty acid content of broiler chickens

Effect of different synbiotic administration methods on growth, carcass characteristics, ileum histomorphometry, and blood biochemistry of Cobb-500 broilers

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